Payload
NOVA 1
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NOVA 1 is a United States payload satellite, launched on May 15, 1981 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 15, 1981 at 06:07 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Scout G-1 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Nova 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,182 km
- Periapsis
- 1,162 km
- Inclination
- 89.85°
- Orbital period
- 108.82 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 134.79 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1981-044A
- NORAD catalog №
- 12458
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 1.6177 m²
- Status
- active