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ORBVIEW 1 (MICROLAB)

NORAD 23547 · Payload · In orbit since 1995

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Launched
1995-04-03 · Western Range air launch, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
42 kg
Size
0.2 × 1 m · 4.3 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
660 × 678 km
Inclination
70.0°
Period
98.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0013
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.