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NORAD 20799 · Rocket body · In orbit since 1977

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Launched
1977-06-16 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Rocket body
Mass
330 kg
Size
0.9 × 0.8 m
Perigee × Apogee
34,822 × 36,581 km
Inclination
4.0°
Period
1431.4 min
Eccentricity
0.0209
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.