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NORAD 29108 · Payload · In orbit since 2006

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Launched
2006-04-28 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
FR (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Earth science
Mass
587 kg
Size
1.9 × 2.5 m · 9.7 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
662 × 664 km
Inclination
98.5°
Period
97.9 min
Eccentricity
0.0001
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.