EXPLORER 53
NORAD 7788 · Payload · Reentered 1979-04-09
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- 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.