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NORAD 5397 · Payload · In orbit since 1971

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Launched
1971-08-07 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
359 kg
Size
2.1 × 0.7 m · 32 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
771 × 892 km
Inclination
87.6°
Period
101.4 min
Eccentricity
0.0084
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.