Space AtlasNOVA 1
NORAD 12458 · Payload · In orbit since 1981
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1981-05-15 · Vandenberg, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Navigation
- Mass
- 165 kg
- Size
- 1.2 × 0.5 m · 79 m deployed
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 1,162 × 1,182 km
- Inclination
- 89.8°
- Period
- 108.7 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0013
- Orbit data
- Live orbit: current tracking elements
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.