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USA 173

NORAD 28095 · Payload · In orbit since 2003

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Launched
2003-12-02 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Signals intelligence
Mass
1,000 kg
Size
2 × 2 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
657 × 1,546 km
Inclination
63.4°
Period
107.1 min
Eccentricity
0.0595
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.