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MSTI 3

NORAD 23868 · Payload · Reentered 1997-12-11

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Launched
1996-05-17 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Technology demonstration
Mass
211 kg
Size
1.4 × 1.1 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
223 × 396 km
Inclination
97.1°
Period
90.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0129
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.