Space AtlasOPS 0203 (DMSP 5A F2)
NORAD 4512 · Payload · In orbit since 1970
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- 1970-09-03 · Vandenberg, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Meteorology
- Mass
- 104 kg
- Size
- 1.2 × 0.8 m
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 725 × 815 km
- Inclination
- 98.9°
- Period
- 100.1 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0063
- 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.