Space AtlasSPUTNIK 7
NORAD 71 · Payload · Reentered 1961-02-26
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- 1961-02-04 · Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Country / operator
- CIS (Russia / CIS)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Planetary science
- Mass
- 620 kg
- Size
- 2 × 1 m · 3 m deployed
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 180 × 296 km
- Inclination
- 64.9°
- Period
- 89.1 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0088
- 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.