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HELIOS 1A

NORAD 23605 · Payload · In orbit since 1995

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Launched
1995-07-07 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator
FR (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
2,537 kg
Size
3.5 × 2 m · 4 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
541 × 556 km
Inclination
98.2°
Period
95.5 min
Eccentricity
0.0011
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.