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DISCOVERER 19

NORAD 68 · Payload · Reentered 1961-01-23

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Launched
1960-12-20 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
216 kg
Size
2 × 1.5 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
179 × 307 km
Inclination
83.4°
Period
89.2 min
Eccentricity
0.0097
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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