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PROSPERO (BLACK ARROW)

NORAD 5580 · Payload · In orbit since 1971

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Launched
1971-10-28 · Woomera, Australia
Country / operator
UK (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
66 kg
Size
0.7 × 1.1 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
523 × 1,253 km
Inclination
82.0°
Period
102.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0503
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.