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STS 79

NORAD 24324 · Payload · Reentered 1996-09-26

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Launched
1996-09-16 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space station mission
Mass
100,232 kg
Size
37.3 × 23.8 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
368 × 386 km
Inclination
51.6°
Period
91.9 min
Eccentricity
0.0013
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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