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HEAO 3

NORAD 11532 · Payload · Reentered 1981-12-07

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Launched
1979-09-20 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Astronomy
Mass
2,860 kg
Size
5.4 × 2.7 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
125 × 128 km
Inclination
43.6°
Period
86.9 min
Eccentricity
0.0002
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.