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ESSAIM-3

NORAD 28496 · Payload · In orbit since 2004

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Launched
2004-12-18 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator
FR (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Signals intelligence
Mass
119 kg
Size
0.6 × 0.6 m · 1 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
575 × 579 km
Inclination
98.2°
Period
96.1 min
Eccentricity
0.0003
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.