Space AtlasNIMBUS 1
NORAD 872 · Payload · Reentered 1974-05-16
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1964-08-28 · Vandenberg, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Meteorology
- Mass
- 376 kg
- Size
- 3.1 × 1.4 m · 3.4 m deployed
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 179 × 187 km
- Inclination
- 98.7°
- Period
- 88.0 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0006
- 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.