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NORAD 12887 · Payload · Reentered 1991-03-05

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Launched
1981-10-06 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Earth science
Mass
437 kg
Size
1.8 × 1.3 m · 2.2 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
170 × 179 km
Inclination
97.6°
Period
87.8 min
Eccentricity
0.0007
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.