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ORBCOMM FM05

NORAD 25117 · Payload · In orbit since 1997

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Launched
1997-12-23 · Eastern Range air launch, USA
Country / operator
ORB (Other / intl)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
42 kg
Size
0.2 × 1 m · 4.3 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
733 × 735 km
Inclination
45.0°
Period
99.3 min
Eccentricity
0.0001
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.