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NORAD 20560 · Payload · In orbit since 1990

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Launched
1990-04-11 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
60 kg
Size
0.4 × 0.6 m · 6.1 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
592 × 681 km
Inclination
89.9°
Period
97.3 min
Eccentricity
0.0064
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.