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Solrad 1

U.S. solar X-ray and surveillance satellite
Vehicle Military Satellite Q9339405

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
military satellite
Launch date
1960-06-22
Part of
Solrad[3]
Apoapsis
896 km[12]
Launch vehicle
Thor-Ablestar
Mass
18 kg[10]
Operator
United States[2]
Orbital inclination
66.69 degree[9]
Orbital period
99.61 minute[11]
Parent astronomical body
Earth[5]
Periapsis
583 km[13]
Significant event
rocket launch[7]
Space launch vehicle
Thor-Ablestar[4]
Start point
Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17[8]
UTC date of spacecraft launch
June 22, 1960[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Solar Radiation 1 en Solrad 1 en SOLRAD/GRAB 1 pl GRAB 1 uk Солрад-1 zh 太陽輻射監測衛星一號
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Galactic Radiation and Background satellite 1.jpg ↗
COSPAR ID
1960-007B
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/120vt5vh
SCN
00046
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Satellite", "00046"]

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🔗 Connections
Part of 2
Galactic Radiation and Background, Solrad
Instance of 1
military satellite
Operator 1
United States
Parent astronomical body 1
Earth
Significant event 1
rocket launch
Space launch vehicle 1
Thor-Ablestar
Start point 1
Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17
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Summary

Solrad 1 is a military satellite[1].

Related Entities

Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17 Galactic Radiation and Background military satellite Solrad Thor-Ablestar United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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