Payload
USA 23
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USA 23 is a United States payload satellite, launched on May 15, 1987 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 15, 1987 at 05:30 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Energiya →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Polyus
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,511 km
- Periapsis
- 366 km
- Inclination
- 63.3°
- Orbital period
- 103.8 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 200 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1987-043E
- NORAD catalog №
- 18009
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- active