Triad 1

Success US Air Force, Scout B-1

Mission

Navigation · PO

Satellite designed to accurately measure atmospheric drag in order to improve the accuracy of the USN Transit Navigation System

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
TRIAD 1 1972-069A Payload 682 × 751 km · 90.0° Globe
SCOUT B-1 R/B 1972-069B Rocket body 617 × 668 km · 90.1° Globe
SCOUT B-1 DEB 1972-069C Debris re-entered 2005-03-31
SCOUT B-1 DEB 1972-069D Debris 618 × 674 km · 90.5° Globe

COSPAR ID 1972-069 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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