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: 992.2 km

Apogee: 1,025.2 km

Inclination: 80.5 °

Period: 105.2 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 00424U 62049A   24325.84300409  .00000178  00000-0  19416-3 0  9995
2 00424  80.4652 103.6913 0022369 276.2180  83.6418 13.69445795102633

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC