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EXPLORER 53

NORAD 7788 · Payload · Reentered 1979-04-09

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Launched
1975-05-07 · San Marco platform, Kenya
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Astronomy
Mass
189 kg
Size
1.5 × 0.6 m · 4.7 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
211 × 212 km
Inclination
3.0°
Period
88.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0001
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.