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NORAD 40072 · Payload · In orbit since 2014

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Launched
2014-07-08 · Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
82 kg
Size
0.8 × 0.6 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
600 × 608 km
Inclination
98.4°
Period
96.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0006
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

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.