OAO 2

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OAO 2 is classified as:

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NORAD ID: 3597

Int'l Code: 1968-110A

Perigee: 740.5 km

Apogee: 747.9 km

Inclination: 35.0 °

Period: 99.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 7115 km

RCS: 2.4517 m² (large)

Launch date: December 7, 1968
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

This spacecraft was one of a series of automated astronomical observatories that was ground controllable in orientation and was placed in a low-earth orbit. This spacecraft carried two experiment packages, which were located centrally within the spacecraft, each viewing space from opposite ends.

1  3597U 68110A   24117.33972987  .00000815  00000-0  22842-3 0  9998
2  3597  34.9920 112.9176 0005236 132.3823 227.7311 14.46507880920690

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC