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NORAD 25989 · Payload · In orbit since 1999

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Launched
1999-12-10 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator
ESA (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Astronomy
Mass
3,764 kg
Size
10 × 3 m
Perigee × Apogee
29,343 × 91,780 km
Inclination
64.3°
Period
2872.2 min
Eccentricity
0.4664
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

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.