OPS 7040

NORAD 973 · Payload · Reentered 1979-07-13

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Launched: 1965-01-19 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Meteorology
Mass: 70 kg
Size: 0.5 × 0.6 m
Orbit class: LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee: 152 × 161 km
Inclination: 98.7°
Period: 87.5 min
Eccentricity: 0.0007
Orbit data: Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).