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| Object Name | OSCAR 3 (OSCAR III) , AO-3 |
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| Object Full Name | - |
| Norad ID | 1293 |
| Cospar ID | 1965-016F |
| Object Type | Satellite |
| Object Status | Nonoperational |
| Object Class | - |
| End of Life | - |
OSCAR 3 was a rectangular spacecraft 20 x 30 cm with 4 monopole antennae. It contained a tracking beacon transmitter and a communications repeater. No active attitude control system was employed, and power was furnished by onboard batteries.
| Launch Date | 1965-03-09 |
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| Decay Date | - |
| Launch Vehicle | - |
| Launch Site | Air Force Western Test Range, California, USA |
| Launch Provider | - |
| Launch Provider Country | - |
| Launch Mass | - |
| Dry Mass | - |
| User | - |
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| Mission | - |
| Mission Detail | - |
| Country of Registry | - |
| Programme | - |
| Operator | - |
| Country of Operator | United States |
| Contractor | - |
| Country of Contractor | - |
| Payload Contractor | - |
| Payload Contractor Country | - |
| Orbit Status | Earth Orbit |
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| Orbit | - |
| Orbit Type | - |
| Period: | 102.3 min |
| Inclination: | 70.1° |
| Apogee: | 881.0 km |
| Perigee: | 855.0 km |
| Longitude of Geo | - |
| ECT | - |
| Payload | - |
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| Platform | - |
| Propulsion | - |
| Propulsion Type | - |
| Life Time | - |
| Power | - |
| Budget | - |
| Call Sign | - |
| Beacon | - |
| RCS | 0.2142 m² |
| References | - |
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| Angular Momentum: | - |
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| Eccentricity: | - |
| Inclination: | - |
| RAAN: | - |
| Argument of Perigee: | - |
| True Anomaly: | - |
| Period: | - |
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| Semi-Major Axis: | - |
| Perigee: | - |
| Apogee: | - |
| Mean Motion: | - |
| Mean Anomaly: | - |
| Latitude: | - |
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| Longitude: | - |
| Altitude: | - |
| Speed: | - |
| Azimuth: | - |
| Elevation: | - |
| Range: | - |