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NORAD 25489 · Payload · In orbit since 1998

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Launched
1998-10-03 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Technology demonstration
Mass
671 kg
Size
2 × 1.2 m · 5 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
714 × 725 km
Inclination
85.0°
Period
99.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0008
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.