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Payload

1KUNS-PF

DecayedPayloadLEONORAD 43466

1KUNS-PF is a Kenya payload satellite, launched on November 20, 1998 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

Launch

Launch date: November 20, 1998 at 06:40 AM UTC
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by: Proton-K →
Operator: Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission: Zarya
Launch record: View full launch →

Orbit

Orbit regime: LEO
Apoapsis: 173 km
Periapsis: 163 km
Inclination: 51.61°
Orbital period: 87.85 min

Spacecraft

Operator: Kenya
Launch mass: 4 kg
Dimensions: 0.3 × 0.1 × 0.3 m

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l): 1998-067NP
NORAD catalog №: 43466
Object type: Payload
Owner / operator: KENKenya
Status: Decayed
Decay / reentry: June 11, 2020

End of mission

Last active / ended: June 11, 2020
Time in service: 21.6 years
Fate: Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status: Decayed