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ORFEUS-SPAS

NORAD 22798 · Payload · Reentered 1993-09-22

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Launched
1993-09-12 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
GER (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Astronomy
Mass
3,321 kg
Size
2.5 × 4.5 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
272 × 305 km
Inclination
28.5°
Period
90.1 min
Eccentricity
0.0025
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.