Polar Bear

Success US Air Force, Scout G-1

Mission

Government/Top Secret · LEO

Military satellite designed to study interferences caused by solar flares and auroral activity

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
POLAR BEAR 1986-088A Payload 953 × 1008 km · 89.6° Globe
SCOUT G-1 R/B 1986-088B Rocket body 952 × 1006 km · 89.6° Globe
SCOUT G-1 DEB 1986-088C Debris 935 × 1037 km · 89.1° Globe
SCOUT G-1 DEB 1986-088D Debris 936 × 946 km · 89.9° Globe
SCOUT G-1 DEB 1986-088E Debris 839 × 950 km · 89.6° Globe

COSPAR ID 1986-088 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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