Tempsat 1 | |
Mission Type: | Radar Calibration Object |
Operator: | United States Navy |
Satcat: | 1512 |
Launch Site: | Vandenberg Air Force Base launch site SLC2E |
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
Orbit Regime: | LEO |
Orbit Periapsis: | 1088.8km (676.5miles) |
Orbit Apoapsis: | 1193.4km (741.5miles)[1] |
Orbit Inclination: | 89.9° |
Orbit Semimajor: | 7512km (4,668miles) |
Orbit Eccentricity: | 0.02618 |
Orbit Period: | 108 minutes |
Apsis: | gee |
Tempsat-1 was a United States Navy Radar calibration object, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a Thor Ablestar on August 13, 1965. It was a 14inches, unguided sphere. It was mainly used in investigation of spacecraft technology and orbits.[2] [3] [4] [5]