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: 991.2 km

Apogee: 1,025.7 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.

1   424U 62049A   25140.88237459  .00000118  00000-0  12441-3 0  9994
2   424  80.4658 284.5657 0023398 167.9521 192.2190 13.69509984127600

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC