HIPPARCOS

Launch Details
Launched 7 August 1989
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner European Space Agency
NORAD ID 20169
COSPAR ID 1989-062B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 6.525°
Eccentricity 0.71838
RA ascending node 14.848 hr
Argument perigee 187.198°
Mean anomaly 149.594°
Orbital period 636.316 min
Epoch of osculation 12 Aug 2024, 10:56

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 530.4 km
Mean Altitude 18135.2 km
Peak Altitude 35740.0 km

Orbital History

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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