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NORAD 23802 · Payload · In orbit since 1996

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Launched
1996-02-24 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
1,274 kg
Size
2.1 × 2.4 m · 130 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
6,017 × 52,208 km
Inclination
79.9°
Period
1108.7 min
Eccentricity
0.6509
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

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.