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: 991.3 km
Apogee: 1,025.4 km
Inclination: 80.5 °
Period: 105.1 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.

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SBS 1 Track 1 satellite(s)

1 00424U 62049A   25289.33295375  .00000164  00000-0  17729-3 0  9994
2 00424  80.4652 137.6998 0023118 145.0122 215.2548 13.69538233147732

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC