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NORAD 49954 · Payload · In orbit since 2021

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Launched: 2021-12-09 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Astronomy
Mass: 330 kg
Size: 2 × 1.1 m · 5.2 m deployed
Orbit class: LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee: 530 × 539 km
Inclination: 0.2°
Period: 95.2 min
Eccentricity: 0.0007
Orbit data: Live orbit: current tracking elements

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