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NORAD 21225 · Payload · Reentered 2000-06-04

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Launched
1991-04-05 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Astronomy
Mass
15,622 kg
Size
7.6 × 4.6 m · 21.3 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
237 × 468 km
Inclination
28.5°
Period
91.4 min
Eccentricity
0.0172
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.