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FLOCK 2B-8

NORAD 40957 · Payload · Reentered 2016-05-22

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Launched
1998-11-20 · Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
5 kg
Size
0.3 × 0.1 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
159 × 163 km
Inclination
51.6°
Period
87.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0003
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.