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NORAD 44874 · Payload · In orbit since 2019

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Launched
2019-12-18 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator
ESA (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Astronomy
Mass
273 kg
Size
1.5 × 1.5 m · 2 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
680 × 694 km
Inclination
98.2°
Period
98.4 min
Eccentricity
0.0010
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.