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OPS 7869 (DMSP 4B F1)

NORAD 3266 · Payload · In orbit since 1968

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Launched
1968-05-23 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Meteorology
Mass
79 kg
Size
0.7 × 0.8 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
802 × 877 km
Inclination
98.6°
Period
101.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0052
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.