Payload
EXPLORER 36 (GEOS 2)
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EXPLORER 36 (GEOS 2) is a United States payload satellite, launched on January 11, 1968 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 11, 1968 at 04:16 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Thor Delta E1 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- GEOS B
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,572 km
- Periapsis
- 1,082 km
- Inclination
- 105.79°
- Orbital period
- 112.18 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 212 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1968-002A
- NORAD catalog №
- 3093
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 1.4615 m²
- Status
- active