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DISCOVERER 13

NORAD 48 · Payload · Reentered 1960-11-14

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Launched
1960-08-10 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
120 kg
Size
1.3 × 1.5 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
216 × 272 km
Inclination
82.8°
Period
89.2 min
Eccentricity
0.0042
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).