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NORAD 36036 · Payload · In orbit since 2009

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Launched
2009-11-02 · Plesetsk, Russia
Country / operator
ESA (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Earth science
Mass
658 kg
Size
2.4 × 2.3 m · 12 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
758 × 760 km
Inclination
98.4°
Period
99.9 min
Eccentricity
0.0001
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.