OAO 2

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OAO 2 is classified as:

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NORAD ID: 3597

Int'l Code: 1968-110A

Perigee: 739.6 km

Apogee: 748.6 km

Inclination: 35.0 °

Period: 99.5 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   24138.87555942  .00000826  00000-0  23143-3 0  9995
2  3597  34.9947 352.8320 0006323 297.1736  62.8310 14.46539347923813

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC