Space Atlas

TOPEX/POSEIDON

NORAD 22076 · Payload · In orbit since 1992

Launched

1992-08-10 · Kourou, French Guiana

Country / operator

US (United States)

Object type

Payload

Purpose

Space science

Mass

2,402 kg

Size

6.6 × 2.8 m · 11.5 m deployed

Orbit class

LEO (< 2,000 km)

Perigee × Apogee

1,331 × 1,343 km

Inclination

66.0°

Period

112.2 min

Eccentricity

0.0008

Orbit data

Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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