May 15, 1966, 07:55:34 (1966-05-15UTC07:55:34Z) UTC[2]
Rocket
Thor-SLV2A Agena-B
Launch site
Vandenberg 75-1-1
End of mission
Last contact
January 17, 1969 (1969-01-18)
Orbital parameters
Reference system
Geocentric
Regime
Low Earth
Eccentricity
0.03595[1]
Perigee altitude
429 kilometers (267 mi)[1]
Apogee altitude
937 kilometers (582 mi)[1]
Inclination
98.66°[1]
Period
98.42 minutes[1]
Epoch
August 28, 1964[1]
Nimbus program
← Nimbus 1
Nimbus B →
Nimbus 2 (also called Nimbus-C) was a meteorological satellite. It was the second in a series of the Nimbus program.
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^McDowell, Jonathan C. "GCAT orbital launch log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
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