Space AtlasOAO 3 (COPERNICUS)
NORAD 6153 · Payload · In orbit since 1972
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1972-08-21 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Astronomy
- Mass
- 2,177 kg
- Size
- 4.9 × 2 m · 5 m deployed
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 688 × 698 km
- Inclination
- 35.0°
- Period
- 98.5 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0007
- Orbit data
- Live orbit: current tracking elements
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.