Vela 3B (also known Vela 6, Vela Hotel 6 and OPS 6564[3]) was a U.S.reconnaissancesatellite to detect explosions and nuclear tests on land and in space; the first of the third pair of Vela series satellites; taken together with Vela 3A and ERS 17 satellites.
The satellite was rotationally stabilized (2 rps). The ship could work in real time mode (one data frame per second) or in data recording mode (one frame every 256 seconds). The first mode was used for the first 40% of the mission's duration. About 1 transmission was received every 4 hours. The second mode was used until the next pair of Vela satellites were launched.
vela, also, known, vela, vela, hotel, 6564, reconnaissance, satellite, detect, explosions, nuclear, tests, land, space, first, third, pair, vela, series, satellites, taken, together, with, vela, satellites, vela, satellite, operatorusafcospar, id1965, 058b, sa. Vela 3B also known Vela 6 Vela Hotel 6 and OPS 6564 3 was a U S reconnaissance satellite to detect explosions and nuclear tests on land and in space the first of the third pair of Vela series satellites taken together with Vela 3A and ERS 17 satellites Vela 3BVela satellite OperatorUSAFCOSPAR ID1965 058B 1 SATCAT no 1459Spacecraft propertiesManufacturerTRWLaunch mass235 kilograms 518 lb Start of missionLaunch dateJuly 20 1965 08 27 1965 07 20UTC08 27Z UTCRocketAtlas Agena D 2ALaunch siteCape Canaveral LC 13Orbital parametersReference systemGeocentricRegimeHighly EllipticalSemi major axis117 972 kilometres 73 304 mi Perigee altitude5 310 8 kilometres 3 300 0 mi Apogee altitude169 892 3 kilometres 105 566 2 mi Inclination23 7 Period6 721 minutesEpochAugust 4 2019 2019 08 04 2 Vela Vela 3AVela 4A Launch of Vela 3B The secondary task of the ship was space research X rays gamma rays neutrons magnetic field and charged particles The satellite was rotationally stabilized 2 rps The ship could work in real time mode one data frame per second or in data recording mode one frame every 256 seconds The first mode was used for the first 40 of the mission s duration About 1 transmission was received every 4 hours The second mode was used until the next pair of Vela satellites were launched The ship remains in orbit around Earth Contents 1 Instruments 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksInstruments editX ray and charged particle detector Gamma ray and charged particle detector Neutron detector X ray scintillation counter Solid state detector Geiger Muller counters Magnetometer Extreme Ultraviolet detectorSee also editVela satellite References edit NASA GSFC Vela 3B Retrieved August 4 2019 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain N2yo com OPS 6564 VELA 6 Retrieved 4 August 2019 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Antonin Vitek 1965 058B Vela 3 Space 40 Retrieved August 4 2019 External links editReview and Interpretation of Particle Measurements Made by the Vela Satellites in the Magnetotail Springer Nature Observations of the Solar Wind Bow Shock and Magnetosheath by the Vela Satellites PDF Springer Nature nbsp This article about one or more spacecraft of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vela 3B amp oldid 1092182790, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
