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NORAD 12553 · Payload · In orbit since 1981

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Launched: 1981-06-23 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Meteorology
Mass: 685 kg
Size: 3.7 × 1.9 m · 4.9 m deployed
Orbit class: LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee: 824 × 841 km
Inclination: 98.8°
Period: 101.4 min
Eccentricity: 0.0012
Orbit data: Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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