Vela 1A
![]() Vela 1A | |
Operator | USAF |
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COSPAR ID | 1963-039A ![]() |
SATCAT no. | 00674 |
Mission duration | 6 months (planned) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | TRW |
Launch mass | 150 kilograms (330 lb) |
Power | 90 W |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | October 17, 1963, 02:24 (1963-10-17UTC02:24Z) |
Rocket | Atlas-LV3 Agena-D |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-13 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Highly Elliptical |
Perigee altitude | 101,081 kilometres (62,809 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 116,582 kilometres (72,441 mi) |
Inclination | 38.7° |
Period | 6,486.2 minutes |
Epoch | October 17, 1963 (1963-10-17) |
Vela ← None Vela 1B → |
Vela 1A (or Vela 1) was a military satellite developed to detect nuclear detonations to monitor compliance with the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty by the Soviet Union.
Launch
Vela 1A was launched on October 17, 1963 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, by an Atlas-Agena launch vehicle. Vela 1A was launched along with Vela 1B and with ERS 12.[1]
Mission
Vela 1A was a spin-stabilized 124-kg satellite comprising the first launch in a series of six Vela launches. Together with its twin Vela 1B, their objectives were to monitor nuclear weapons explosions in space and to study x-rays, gamma-rays, neutrons, and charged particles as the satellites passed through interplanetary space, the bow shock, the magnetosheath, and the magnetotail.[2]
See also
- Vela (satellite)
References
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- Luna E-6 No.2
- OPS 0048
- OPS 0180
- Luna E-6 No.3
- Syncom 1
- OPS 0240
- OPS 0583
- OPS 0627
- P-11 No.1
- Kosmos 13
- OPS 0720
- Luna 4
- Explorer 17
- Transit 5A-2
- DS-P1 No.2
- Kosmos 14
- Kosmos 15
- OPS 1008
- OPS 1298
- Kosmos 16
- Telstar 2
- Midas 7
- DASH 1
- ERS-5
- ERS-6
- Westford 2
- Mercury-Atlas 9 (Balloon Subsatellite 2, Flashing Light Unit)
- OPS 0924
- Kosmos 17
- Kosmos 18
- DS-MT No.1
- OPS 0954
- Midas 8
- ERS-7
- ERS-8
- Vostok 5
- FTV-1292
- Solrad 6
- LOFTI 2A
- Surcal 3
- Radose 112
- Transit 5A-3
- Vostok 6
- TIROS-7
- OPS 0999
- Hitchhiker 1
- GRS
- OPS 1440
- Zenit-2 No.12
- OPS 1467
- OPS 1266
- Midas 9
- DASH 2
- ERS-9
- ERS-10
- Syncom 2
- OPS 1370
- Kosmos 19
- DS-A1 No.3
- OPS 1419
- OPS 1561
- LAMPO
- OPS 1947
- OPS 1353
- OPS 1610
- Transit 5BN-1
- Transit 5E-1
- Vela 1A
- Vela 1B
- ERS-12
- Kosmos 20
- DS-A1 No.4
- OPS 2196
- OPS 2437
- Hitchhiker 2
- Polyot 1
- OPS 2268
- Kosmos 21
- Kosmos 22
- Explorer 18
- Atlas-Centaur 2
- OPS 2260
- Zenit-2 No.14
- Transit 5BN-2
- Transit 5E-2
- Kosmos 23
- OPS 2372
- Kosmos 24
- Explorer 19
- TIROS-8
- OPS 1388
- Hitchhiker 3
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