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ARABSAT-4A
Decayed
Payload
MEO
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Launch
Launch date
February 28, 2006 at 08:10 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-M Briz-M →
Operator
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Arabsat 4A
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
MEO
Apoapsis
14,684 km
Periapsis
497 km
Inclination
51.56°
Orbital period
273.83 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
2006-006A
NORAD catalog №
28943
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Arabsat
Radar cross-section
6.9759 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
March 24, 2006
End of mission
Last active / ended
March 24, 2006
Time in service
24 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed
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