Payload
CHOMPTT
DecayedPayloadLEO
CHOMPTT is a University of Florida payload satellite, launched on December 16, 2018 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 16, 2018 at 06:33 AM UTC
- Launch site
- RLLB
- Launched by
- Electron →
- Operator
- Rocket Lab
- Mission
- This One's For Pickering (VCLS ELaNa XIX)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 158 km
- Periapsis
- 143 km
- Inclination
- 84.99°
- Orbital period
- 87.5 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- University of Florida
- Manufacturer
- University of Florida
- Users
- Government/Civil
- Launch mass
- 3.59 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2018-104G
- NORAD catalog №
- 43855
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- May 13, 2024
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- May 13, 2024
- Time in service
- 5.4 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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