DMSP 5D-3 F16 (USA 172)

NORAD 28054 · Payload · In orbit since 2003

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Launched: 2003-10-18 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Meteorology
Mass: 1,145 kg
Size: 6.1 × 1.2 m · 6.6 m deployed
Orbit class: LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee: 838 × 850 km
Inclination: 99.0°
Period: 101.7 min
Eccentricity: 0.0008
Orbit data: Live orbit: current tracking elements

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