Space AtlasMIDAS 3
NORAD 163 · Payload · In orbit since 1961
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1961-07-12 · Vandenberg, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Early warning
- Mass
- 840 kg
- Size
- 2 × 1.5 m
- Orbit class
- MEO
- Perigee × Apogee
- 3,343 × 3,545 km
- Inclination
- 91.1°
- Period
- 161.3 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0103
- Orbit data
- Reconstructed from catalog orbit
Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).