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COBE is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 20322

Int'l Code: 1989-089A

Perigee: 876.2 km

Apogee: 890.1 km

Inclination: 98.9 °

Period: 102.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 7254 km

RCS: 15.7616 m² (large)

Launch date: November 18, 1989
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

The purpose of the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) mission was to take precise measurements of the diffuse radiation between 1 micrometer and 1 cm over the whole celestial sphere. The following quantities were measured: (1) the spectrum of the 3 K radiation over the range 100 micrometers to 1 cm; (2) the anisotropy of this radiation from 3 to 10 mm; and, (3) the spectrum and angular distribution of diffuse infrared background radiation at wavelengths from 1 to 300 micrometers.

1 20322U 89089A   24116.96625219  .00000495  00000-0  33373-3 0  9997
2 20322  98.8845 123.2965 0009587 107.0609 314.1563 14.05145796764791

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC