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USA 159 (DSP 21)

NORAD 26880 · Payload · In orbit since 2001

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Launched
2001-08-06 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Early warning
Mass
2,360 kg
Size
10 × 3.3 m · 11.5 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
36,081 × 36,097 km
Inclination
12.8°
Period
1451.2 min
Eccentricity
0.0002
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.