Payload
OPS 6909 (VELA 9)
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OPS 6909 (VELA 9) is a United States payload satellite, launched on May 23, 1969 into HEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 23, 1969 at 07:57 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Titan IIIC →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Vela 5A & 5B
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- HEO
- Apoapsis
- 195,670 km
- Periapsis
- 27,064 km
- Inclination
- 89.19°
- Orbital period
- 6701.56 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 256.69 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1969-046D
- NORAD catalog №
- 3954
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.7568 m²
- Status
- active