NOAA 8

NORAD 13923 · Payload · In orbit since 1983

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Launched: 1983-03-28 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Meteorology
Mass: 1,030 kg
Size: 4.2 × 1.9 m · 8 m deployed
Orbit class: LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee: 781 × 803 km
Inclination: 98.7°
Period: 100.6 min
Eccentricity: 0.0015
Orbit data: Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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