TEMPSAT 1

NORAD 01512· COSPAR 1965-065E· Active satellite· Earth Observation· LEO

Live · TLE epoch 2026-06-09 21:13 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

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Launched

Aug 13, 1965

Mass

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Apogee

1,188 km

Perigee

1,087 km

Inclination

90.00°

Period

1.80 h

Launch

Launched on Aug 13, 1965 from Space Launch Complex 2E, United States of America aboard a Thor DM-21 Ablestar.

Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-O 5 →

Summary from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 4.0)

Tempsat-1 was a United States Navy Radar calibration object, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a Thor Ablestar on August 13, 1965. It was a 14-inch (36 cm), unguided sphere. It was mainly used in investigation of spacecraft technology and orbits.

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