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NORAD 38077 · Payload · In orbit since 2012

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Launched
2012-02-13 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator
IT (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Technology demonstration
Mass
400 kg
Size
0.4 × 0.4 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
1,437 × 1,451 km
Inclination
69.5°
Period
114.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0009
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

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