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UOSAT 1 (UO-9)

NORAD 12888 · Payload · Reentered 1989-10-13

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Launched
1981-10-06 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
UK (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
52 kg
Size
0.7 × 0.4 m · 6.5 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
135 × 147 km
Inclination
97.5°
Period
87.2 min
Eccentricity
0.0009
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.