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WORLDVIEW-2 (WV-2)

NORAD 35946 · Payload · In orbit since 2009

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Launched
2009-10-08 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
2,615 kg
Size
4.3 × 2.5 m · 7.1 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
761 × 769 km
Inclination
98.5°
Period
100.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0006
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.