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ERS 15

NORAD 2412 · Payload · In orbit since 1966

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Launched
1966-08-19 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Technology demonstration
Mass
5 kg
Size
0.2 × 0.2 m
Orbit class
MEO
Perigee × Apogee
3,685 × 3,699 km
Inclination
90.3°
Period
167.4 min
Eccentricity
0.0007
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.