OAO 2

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OAO 2 is classified as:

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NORAD ID: 3597

Int'l Code: 1968-110A

Perigee: 742.6 km

Apogee: 749.9 km

Inclination: 35.0 °

Period: 99.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 7117 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 03597U 68110A   21259.79872709  .00000028  00000-0  13045-4 0  9995
2 03597  34.9952  20.9288 0005103  59.3142 300.8051 14.45891915782281

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC