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ANDE POLLUX SPHERE
Decayed
Payload
LEO
A catalogued spacecraft payload.
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Launch
Launch date
July 15, 2009 at 10:03 PM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
Space Shuttle →
Operator
United Space Alliance
Mission
STS-127
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
137 km
Periapsis
129 km
Inclination
51.61°
Orbital period
87.15 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
2009-038E
NORAD catalog №
35693
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United States
Radar cross-section
0.2717 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
March 29, 2010
End of mission
Last active / ended
March 29, 2010
Time in service
257 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed
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