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JASON-1

NORAD 26997 · Payload · In orbit since 2001

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Launched
2001-12-07 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
500 kg
Size
3.3 × 1.9 m · 6 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
1,318 × 1,332 km
Inclination
66.0°
Period
112.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0009
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.