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ESRO-2 (IRIS)

NORAD 3233 · Payload · Reentered 1971-05-08

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Launched
1968-05-17 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
ESRO (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
74 kg
Size
0.9 × 0.8 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
211 × 237 km
Inclination
97.3°
Period
88.8 min
Eccentricity
0.0020
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.