DMSP 5D-3 F15 (USA 147)

NORAD 25991 · Payload · In orbit since 1999

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Launched: 1999-12-12 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Meteorology
Mass: 1,082 kg
Size: 6.1 × 1.2 m · 6.4 m deployed
Orbit class: LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee: 827 × 840 km
Inclination: 99.0°
Period: 101.4 min
Eccentricity: 0.0009
Orbit data: Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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