DMSP 5D-3 F19 (USA 249)

NORAD 39630 · Payload · In orbit since 2014

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Launched: 2014-04-03 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Meteorology
Mass: 1,217 kg
Size: 4.4 × 1.2 m · 6.6 m deployed
Orbit class: LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee: 834 × 851 km
Inclination: 98.8°
Period: 101.6 min
Eccentricity: 0.0012
Orbit data: Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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