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OSO 8

NORAD 7970 · Payload · Reentered 1986-07-09

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Launched
1975-06-21 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Astronomy
Mass
1,064 kg
Size
0.7 × 1.5 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
232 × 235 km
Inclination
32.9°
Period
89.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0002
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.