SOLRAD 7B
Operator: United States
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About This Satellite
SOLRAD 7B is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 1291 with international designator 65016D. According to the GCAT master catalog, it was built by NRL, on the NRL 24" platform, with a launch mass of about 47 kg, with a shape described as Sphere + Ant. It is associated with US. According to the TLE snapshot used when this page was generated (2026-08-18), its LEO orbit had an apogee of about 933 km and a perigee near 904 km, with an inclination of 70.08° and a period of roughly 103.2 minutes; at apogee its speed was about 7.38 km/s. It was launched on 1965-03-09. Positions on this page are near-real-time SGP4 predictions propagated from the latest two-line element (TLE) data.
In the TLE snapshot used to generate this page, SOLRAD 7B's apogee was 933 km, where its speed was about 7.38 km/s, completing about 14.0 orbits of Earth per day. Track it live on the map above or in the JOT orbital map.