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NORAD 42983 · Payload · Reentered 2022-07-26

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Launched: 1998-11-20 · Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Technology demonstration
Mass: 50 kg
Size: 0.3 × 0.3 m
Orbit class: LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee: 131 × 139 km
Inclination: 51.6°
Period: 87.0 min
Eccentricity: 0.0006
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.