Payload
ORION 3
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ORION 3 is a United States payload satellite, launched on May 5, 1999 into MEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 5, 1999 at 01:00 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta III 8930 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Orion 3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 2,529 km
- Periapsis
- 2,456 km
- Inclination
- 19.83°
- Orbital period
- 138.57 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 4,300 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1999-024A
- NORAD catalog №
- 25727
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 10.483 m²
- Status
- active