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EXPLORER 8

decayedleo

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Identification

NORAD / COSPAR: 60 / 1960-014A
Constellation: UNCLASSIFIED
Object type: PAYLOAD
Country / owner: United States
Operator: Various

Launch

Launch date: 03 Nov 1960
Launch site: N/A
Launch vehicle: N/A
Decay date: 28 Mar 2012

Orbital parameters

Period: 87.83 min
Inclination: 49.88°
Apoapsis: 177 km
Periapsis: 158 km
Mean altitude: 167 km
Semi-major axis: 6538 km
Eccentricity: 0.00143

TrackingLive tracker

TLE epoch: 3/27/2012, 6:30:50 PM
Source: Space-Track

1 00060U 60014A   12087.77141234  .11240700  12162-4  82585-3 0  9996
2 00060 049.8769 297.0017 0014319 253.4265 106.9983 16.39420536586174