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ESSA 9 (TOS-G)

NORAD 3764 · Payload · In orbit since 1969

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Launched
1969-02-26 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Meteorology
Mass
157 kg
Size
0.6 × 1.1 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
1,425 × 1,505 km
Inclination
101.4°
Period
115.1 min
Eccentricity
0.0051
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.