TRAAC

NORAD 205 · Payload · In orbit since 1961

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Launched: 1961-11-15 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Technology demonstration
Mass: 105 kg
Size: 1 × 1.1 m · 10 m deployed
Orbit class: LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee: 951 × 1,102 km
Inclination: 32.4°
Period: 105.5 min
Eccentricity: 0.0102
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.