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HRC MONOBLOCK CAMERA

NORAD 66052· COSPAR 1998-067XR· ISS / Science· LEO
Parent launch
The parent object was launched on Nov 20, 1998 from 81/23 (81L), Kazakhstan aboard a Proton-K.
Proton | Zarya →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-14 06:10 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Canadian Space Agency
Country
Canada
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Nov 20, 1998
Mass
—
Apogee
181 km
Perigee
172 km
Inclination
51.60°
Period
87.9 min

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for HRC MONOBLOCK CAMERA across 138 days of archived orbital elements (140 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-165.0 km
Rate
-1.19 km/day
Now
193 × 204 km
279366193May 28Oct 14
Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

From the same launch

14 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 1998-067 (Proton | Zarya).

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