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DMSP 5D-3 F17 (USA 191)

NORAD 29522 · Payload · In orbit since 2006

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Launched
2006-11-04 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Meteorology
Mass
1,217 kg
Size
4.4 × 1.2 m · 6.6 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
836 × 849 km
Inclination
98.7°
Period
101.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0009
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

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.