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ERS 17

NORAD 1460 · Payload · Reentered 1968-07-01

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Launched
1965-07-20 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Astronomy
Mass
5 kg
Size
0.3 × 0.3 m · 0.8 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
566 × 111,791 km
Inclination
36.9°
Period
2594.7 min
Eccentricity
0.8891
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.