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LANDSAT 1 (ERTS 1)

NORAD 6126 · Payload · In orbit since 1972

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Launched
1972-07-23 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
891 kg
Size
3.3 × 3 m · 3.7 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
895 × 907 km
Inclination
99.3°
Period
102.9 min
Eccentricity
0.0008
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.