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DISCOVERER 15

NORAD 57 · Payload · Reentered 1960-10-18

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Launched
1960-09-13 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
132 kg
Size
1.3 × 1.5 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
133 × 315 km
Inclination
80.9°
Period
88.8 min
Eccentricity
0.0138
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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