Space AtlasOPS 8781
NORAD 10502 · Payload · In orbit since 1977
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- 1977-12-08 · Vandenberg, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Signals intelligence
- Mass
- 559 kg
- Size
- 1.6 × 1.5 m · 2.7 m deployed
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 533 × 1,204 km
- Inclination
- 63.3°
- Period
- 102.2 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0463
- Orbit data
- Reconstructed from catalog orbit
Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).
Same launch
Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.