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AUREOLE 2

NORAD 7003 · Payload · In orbit since 1973

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Launched
1973-12-26 · Plesetsk, Russia
Country / operator
FR (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
348 kg
Size
2 × 1.3 m · 4.6 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
284 × 382 km
Inclination
73.9°
Period
91.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0073
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.