ALOUETTE 1 (S-27)

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ALOUETTE 1 (S-27) is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 424

Int'l Code: 1962-049A

Perigee: 991.8 km

Apogee: 1,026.2 km

Inclination: 80.5 °

Period: 105.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 7379 km

RCS: 1.3219 m² (large)

Launch date: September 29, 1962
Source: Canada (CA)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

Alouette 1 was a small ionospheric observatory instrumented with an ionospheric sounder, a VLF receiver, an energetic particle detector, and a cosmic noise experiment. In September 1972, spacecraft operations were terminated.

1 00424U 62049A   24131.93428396  .00000190  00000-0  20741-3 0  9993
2 00424  80.4648 295.5023 0023351  58.0176 302.3235 13.69365922 76095

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC