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NORAD 25789 · Payload · In orbit since 1999

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Launched
1999-06-20 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Earth science
Mass
970 kg
Size
2.2 × 1.7 m · 3.8 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
652 × 788 km
Inclination
98.3°
Period
99.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0096
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.