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DISCOVERER 6

NORAD 19 · Payload · Reentered 1959-10-20

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Launched
1959-08-19 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
132 kg
Size
1.3 × 1.5 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
171 × 469 km
Inclination
84.0°
Period
90.8 min
Eccentricity
0.0223
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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