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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: 969.7 km
Apogee: 10,815.1 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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NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog

Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 00573U 63013A   25142.03423564 -.00000071  00000-0 -10036-3 0  9992
2 00573  42.7711  37.3800 4014125  34.7686 353.3686  6.39271071561137
Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC