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NORAD 13777 · Payload · In orbit since 1983

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Launched
1983-01-26 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Astronomy
Mass
1,027 kg
Size
3.6 × 2 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
877 × 904 km
Inclination
99.1°
Period
102.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0019
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.