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FTV 0240

NORAD 533 · Payload · Reentered 1979-12-27

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Launched
1963-02-19 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Meteorology
Mass
50 kg
Size
0.5 × 0.6 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
158 × 173 km
Inclination
100.4°
Period
87.7 min
Eccentricity
0.0011
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.