DMSP 5D-2 F11 (USA 73)

NORAD 21798 · Payload · In orbit since 1991

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Launched: 1991-11-28 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Meteorology
Mass: 749 kg
Size: 3.4 × 1.2 m · 5 m deployed
Orbit class: LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee: 825 × 843 km
Inclination: 98.7°
Period: 101.4 min
Eccentricity: 0.0012
Orbit data: Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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