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NORAD 3173 · Payload · In orbit since 1968

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Launched
1968-04-06 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
107 kg
Size
1.4 × 0.7 m
Perigee × Apogee
550 × 9,229 km
Inclination
99.9°
Period
198.2 min
Eccentricity
0.3854
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.