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MICROSAT 1

NORAD 21580 · Payload · Reentered 1992-01-23

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Launched
1991-07-17 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
21 kg
Size
0.2 × 0.5 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
181 × 187 km
Inclination
82.0°
Period
88.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0005
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.