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SKYNET 2A

NORAD 7096 · Payload · Reentered 1974-01-25

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Launched
1974-01-19 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
UK (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
217 kg
Size
2.1 × 1.9 m
Perigee × Apogee
1,074 × 31,319 km
Inclination
26.6°
Period
562.3 min
Eccentricity
0.6701
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.