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NNSS 20 (TRANSIT 20)

NORAD 6909 · Payload · In orbit since 1973

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Launched
1973-10-30 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Navigation
Mass
64 kg
Size
0.3 × 0.5 m · 30 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
879 × 1,109 km
Inclination
89.9°
Period
104.8 min
Eccentricity
0.0156
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.