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| Object Name | TRAAC |
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| Object Full Name | - |
| Norad ID | 205 |
| Cospar ID | 1961-031B |
| Object Type | Satellite |
| Object Status | - |
| Object Class | - |
| End of Life | - |
The Transit Research and Attitude Control (TRAAC) satellite was launched by the US Navy along with Transit 4B. It was used to test the feasibility of using the earth's gravitational attraction to orient and stabilize a vehicle in space.
| Launch Date | 1961-11-15 |
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| Decay Date | - |
| Launch Vehicle | - |
| Launch Site | Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, 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: | 105.7 min |
| Inclination: | 32.4° |
| Apogee: | 1102.0 km |
| Perigee: | 951.0 km |
| Longitude of Geo | - |
| ECT | - |
| Payload | - |
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| Platform | - |
| Propulsion | - |
| Propulsion Type | - |
| Life Time | - |
| Power | - |
| Budget | - |
| Call Sign | - |
| Beacon | - |
| RCS | 0.5519 m² |
| References | - |
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