ASTEX 1

NORAD 5560 · Payload · In orbit since 1971

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Launched: 1971-10-17 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Space science
Mass: 800 kg
Size: 8 × 1.5 m · 11.3 m deployed
Orbit class: LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee: 712 × 733 km
Inclination: 92.7°
Period: 99.1 min
Eccentricity: 0.0015
Orbit data: Live orbit: current tracking elements

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