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ESSA 8 (TOS-F)

NORAD 3615 · Payload · In orbit since 1968

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Launched
1968-12-15 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Meteorology
Mass
131 kg
Size
0.6 × 1.1 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
1,414 × 1,463 km
Inclination
101.7°
Period
114.5 min
Eccentricity
0.0031
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.