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SAN MARCO 3

NORAD 5176 · Payload · Reentered 1971-11-29

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Launched
1971-04-24 · San Marco platform, Kenya
Country / operator
IT (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
180 kg
Size
0.8 × 0.8 m · 1.7 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
225 × 679 km
Inclination
3.2°
Period
93.5 min
Eccentricity
0.0333
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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