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VESSELSAT 2

NORAD 38047 · Payload · Reentered 2016-10-27

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Launched
2012-01-09 · Taiyuan, China
Country / operator
LUXE (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
28 kg
Size
0.3 × 0.3 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
134 × 149 km
Inclination
97.4°
Period
87.2 min
Eccentricity
0.0012
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.