SURCAL 159
NORAD 2872 · 1967-053F
PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN
§ Identity
- Operator
- —
- Country
- US
- Launch date
- 1967-05-31
- Launch site
- AFWTR
- Launch vehicle
- —
- Mass (kg)
- —
- RCS (m²)
- 0.32
External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter
§ Orbital elements
Epoch: 2026-09-27T01:40:35.967072Z
- Period
- 102.88 min
- Inclination
- 69.9733°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0008175
- Mean motion
- 13.99622289 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 889.2 km
- Apogee alt
- 901.0 km
- Semi-major
- 7,273.2 km
- B*
- 8.2426e-5
- RAAN
- 141.4384°
- Arg perigee
- 324.9652°
- Mean anomaly
- 35.0917°
- Rev number
- 2,446
§ Raw data
SURCAL 1591 02872U 67053F 26270.06986073 .00000067 00000+0 82426-4 0 99942 02872 69.9733 141.4384 0008175 324.9652 35.0917 13.99622289 24467
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