Space AtlasOPS 9431 (DSCS 2-1)
NORAD 5587 · Payload · In orbit since 1971
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- 1971-11-03 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Communications
- Mass
- 526 kg
- Size
- 3.6 × 2.7 m
- Orbit class
- GEO (geosynchronous)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 35,768 × 35,810 km
- Inclination
- 1.5°
- Period
- 1435.9 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0005
- 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.