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NORAD 24285 · Payload · In orbit since 1996

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Launched
1996-08-21 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
162 kg
Size
0.9 × 1.2 m · 60 m deployed
Orbit class
MEO
Perigee × Apogee
345 × 3,166 km
Inclination
83.0°
Period
121.5 min
Eccentricity
0.1736
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.