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D5B (CASTOR)

NORAD 7802 · Payload · Reentered 1979-02-18

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Launched
1975-05-17 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator
FR (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Technology demonstration
Mass
76 kg
Size
0.7 × 0.8 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
200 × 300 km
Inclination
29.9°
Period
89.4 min
Eccentricity
0.0076
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.