VELA 1

retiredheo

NORAD / COSPAR692 / 1963-039C

ConstellationUNCLASSIFIED

Object typePAYLOAD

Country / ownerUnited States

OperatorVarious

Launch date17 Oct 1963

Launch siteN/A

Launch vehicleN/A

Decay dateIn orbit

Period6534.27 min

Inclination33.65°

Apoapsis170386 km

Periapsis48413 km

Mean altitude109400 km

Semi-major axis115771 km

Eccentricity0.52675

Latitude—

Longitude—

Altitude—

Velocity—

Footprint area—

TLE epoch8/25/2026, 1:16:37 PM

SourceSpace-Track

1 00692U 63039C   26237.55320789 -.00000509  00000-0  00000-0 0  9992
2 00692  33.6473  45.4198 5267524 227.3938   1.0595  0.22037660 13326