DMSP 5D-2 F10 (USA 68)

NORAD 20978 · Payload · In orbit since 1990

View in the 3D atlas →

Launched: 1990-12-01 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Meteorology
Mass: 773 kg
Size: 6.9 × 1.5 m
Orbit class: LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee: 707 × 809 km
Inclination: 98.6°
Period: 99.8 min
Eccentricity: 0.0072
Orbit data: Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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