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ERS 21 (OV5-4)

NORAD 3430 · Payload · In orbit since 1968

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Launched
1968-09-26 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Technology demonstration
Mass
13 kg
Size
0.3 × 0.3 m
Perigee × Apogee
35,775 × 35,785 km
Inclination
3.0°
Period
1435.4 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.