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NORAD 59101 · Payload · In orbit since 2024

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Launched
2024-03-04 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Earth science
Mass
362 kg
Size
1 × 0.8 m · 6 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
566 × 578 km
Inclination
97.8°
Period
96.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0009
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.