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DISCOVERER 7

NORAD 24 · Payload · Reentered 1959-11-26

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Launched
1959-11-07 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
242 kg
Size
1.3 × 1.5 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
161 × 539 km
Inclination
81.6°
Period
91.4 min
Eccentricity
0.0281
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).