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PORCUPINE 2

NORAD 1577 · Payload · In orbit since 1965

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Launched
1965-08-13 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Calibration
Mass
5 kg
Size
0.2 × 0.2 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
1,071 × 1,176 km
Inclination
90.0°
Period
107.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0070
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.