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TELSTAR 2 (A-41)

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TELSTAR 2 (A-41) is classified as:


NORAD ID: 573
Int'l Code: 1963-013A
Perigee: 971.0 km
Apogee: 10,813.8 km
Inclination: 42.8 °
Period: 225.3 minutes
Semi major axis: 12263 km
RCS: 0.4627 m2 (medium)
Launch date: May 7, 1963
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

TELSTAR 2 was essentially identical to the Telstar 1 satellite. Telstar 2 differed from Telstar 1 by employing provisions for scientific information to be transmitted in real time via the microwave telemetry system so that telemetry could be obtained after the 2-yr timer had turned off the VHF beacon. On May 16, 1965, at 1403 UT, during the satellite's 4736 orbit, the VHF transmitter was turned off. All systems operated normally until that time.
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Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 00573U 63013A   25199.43287516 -.00000111  00000-0 -67467-3 0  9998
2 00573  42.7779 336.7816 4013064 104.6863 329.0803  6.39270082564808
Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC