Space AtlasOPS 4311 (DMSP 5B F1)
NORAD 5557 · Payload · In orbit since 1971
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- 1971-10-14 · Vandenberg, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Meteorology
- Mass
- 192 kg
- Size
- 2.1 × 0.8 m
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 760 × 833 km
- Inclination
- 99.0°
- Period
- 100.6 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0051
- 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.