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NORAD 5128 · Payload · Reentered 1980-01-28

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Launched
1971-04-15 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator
FR (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
96 kg
Size
0.7 × 0.8 m · 3.5 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
155 × 158 km
Inclination
46.3°
Period
87.5 min
Eccentricity
0.0002
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.