GGSE 4

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GGSE 4 is classified as:

Engineering

NORAD ID: 2828

Int'l Code: 1967-053C

Perigee: 902.2 km

Apogee: 915.0 km

Inclination: 70.0 °

Period: 103.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 7279 km

RCS: 0.9077 m² (medium)

Launch date: May 31, 1967
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

GGSE 4 (Gravity Gradient Stabilization Experiment - GGSE) satellite was launched by the US Air Force from the Vandenberg AFB aboard a Thor Agena-D rocket. This series developed designs and deployment techniques later applied to the NOSS/Whitecloud reconnaisance satellites.

1  2828U 67053C   24208.62308857  .00000128  00000-0  12797-3 0  9996
2  2828  69.9717 106.1288 0008782 331.7233  28.3396 13.97792508912187

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC