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BIRD 2

NORAD 26959 · Payload · Reentered 2023-10-11

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Launched
2001-10-22 · Sriharikota, India
Country / operator
GER (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
92 kg
Size
0.5 × 0.6 m · 1.5 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
155 × 168 km
Inclination
97.8°
Period
87.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0010
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.