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NORAD 14898 · Payload · Reentered 1990-01-20

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Launched
1984-04-06 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
9,705 kg
Size
9.1 × 4.3 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
332 × 336 km
Inclination
28.5°
Period
91.1 min
Eccentricity
0.0003
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.