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SSU 1

NORAD 8835 · Payload · In orbit since 1976

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Launched
1976-04-30 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Signals intelligence
Mass
200 kg
Size
0.9 × 0.4 m · 10 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
675 × 1,231 km
Inclination
63.4°
Period
104.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0380
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.