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NORAD 11416 · Payload · In orbit since 1979

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Launched: 1979-06-27 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Meteorology
Mass: 684 kg
Size: 3.7 × 1.9 m · 4.9 m deployed
Orbit class: LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee: 766 × 781 km
Inclination: 98.6°
Period: 100.2 min
Eccentricity: 0.0010
Orbit data: Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).