API VERSION: 1.2 API SOURCE: NASA/JPL Horizons API ******************************************************************************* Revised: Sep 02, 2026 Chandra Spacecraft (X-ray observatory) / (Earth) -151 http://xrtpub.harvard.edu/index.html Chandra X-ray Observatory: Deployment (STS-93) = July 23, 1999 Data storage = 1.8 gbs Science mission = ~5 years Length (sun shade open) = 45.3 m Orbital check-out = 2 months Length (sun shade clsd) = 38.7 m ORBITAL DATA: Inclination = 28.5 degrees Orbital period = ~64 hours Apogee altitude = ~ 86,487 km Observing time / orbit = ~55 hours Perigee altitude = ~ 5,999 km WEIGHTS & PROPULSION: Dry = 10,560 lbs Propellant = 2,153 lbs Pressurant = 10 lb Total launch weight = 12,930 lb Engines = 4 Thrust per engine = 105 lb SPACECRAFT TRAJECTORY (from CFA): Trajectory after 2026-Sep-01 is a prediction Trajectory name Start Stop ---------------------------- ----------- ----------- cxo_99219_06045 1999-Aug-07 2006-Feb-14 cxo_06002_10103 2006-Feb-03 2010-Feb-25 CXO_10056_27061 2010-Feb-25 2027-Mar-02 ******************************************************************************* Input ELEV_CUT must be between -90.0 <= e <= 90.0 degrees -- try again