GGSE 4

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GGSE 4 is classified as:

Engineering

NORAD ID: 2828

Int'l Code: 1967-053C

Perigee: 904.6 km

Apogee: 912.9 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 02828U 67053C   24109.94052993  .00000291  00000-0  24349-3 0  9995
2 02828  69.9716 318.0033 0005734 130.4689 229.6918 13.97744001897869

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC