Payload
ARKYD 6A
DecayedPayloadLEO
ARKYD 6A is a Planetary Resources payload satellite, launched on January 12, 2018 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 12, 2018 at 03:59 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan / Sriharikota, India
- Launched by
- PSLV XL →
- Operator
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Mission
- Cartosat-2F (Cartosat-2S4)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 176 km
- Periapsis
- 162 km
- Inclination
- 97.28°
- Orbital period
- 87.87 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Planetary Resources
- Manufacturer
- Planetary Resources
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 10 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2018-004V
- NORAD catalog №
- 43130
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- February 25, 2024
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- February 25, 2024
- Time in service
- 6.1 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed