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NORAD 27838 · Payload · Reentered 2011-03-13

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Launched
2003-06-26 · Western Range air launch, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
304 kg
Size
1.9 × 1.2 m · 3 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
166 × 294 km
Inclination
97.0°
Period
89.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0097
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.