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NIMBUS 3

NORAD 3890 · Payload · In orbit since 1969

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Launched
1969-04-14 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Meteorology
Mass
576 kg
Size
3 × 3.3 m · 3.6 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
1,070 × 1,128 km
Inclination
99.7°
Period
107.1 min
Eccentricity
0.0039
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.