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TRIAD 1

NORAD 6173 · Payload · In orbit since 1972

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Launched
1972-09-02 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Navigation
Mass
94 kg
Size
7.5 × 0.8 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
684 × 750 km
Inclination
90.0°
Period
99.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0047
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.