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EOLE 1 (CAS-A)

NORAD 5435 · Payload · In orbit since 1971

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Launched
1971-08-16 · Wallops Island, USA
Country / operator
FR (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
84 kg
Size
0.6 × 0.7 m · 10 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
620 × 764 km
Inclination
50.1°
Period
98.5 min
Eccentricity
0.0102
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.