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NOAA 5

NORAD 9057 · Payload · In orbit since 1976

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Launched
1976-07-29 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Meteorology
Mass
340 kg
Size
1.2 × 1 m · 4.3 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
1,508 × 1,523 km
Inclination
102.3°
Period
116.2 min
Eccentricity
0.0010
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.