Satellites

Payload

AOBA VELOX-III

DecayedPayloadLEO

AOBA VELOX-III is a Singapore / Japan payload satellite, launched on November 20, 1998 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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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

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
172 km
Periapsis
169 km
Inclination
51.62°
Orbital period
87.89 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Singapore / Japan
Launch mass
2 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1998-067KX
NORAD catalog №
41935
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Singapore / Japan
Radar cross-section
0.088 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
November 1, 2018

End of mission

Last active / ended
November 1, 2018
Time in service
19.9 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed