Payload
OPS 7044 (VELA 12)
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OPS 7044 (VELA 12) is a United States payload satellite, launched on April 8, 1970 into HEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 8, 1970 at 10:50 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Titan IIIC →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Vela 6A & 6B
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- HEO
- Apoapsis
- 210,679 km
- Periapsis
- 12,296 km
- Inclination
- 81.23°
- Orbital period
- 6711.82 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 256.69 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1970-027A
- NORAD catalog №
- 4366
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.003 m²
- Status
- active