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CLUSTER II-FM5 (RUMBA)
Decayed
Payload
HEO
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Launch
Launch date
August 9, 2000 at 11:13 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz-U-PVB →
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Mission
Cluster Rumba & Tango
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
HEO
Apoapsis
130,779 km
Periapsis
209 km
Inclination
146°
Orbital period
3195.94 min
Spacecraft
Operator
European Space Agency (ESA) (and 250 international scientific investigators)
Manufacturer
Dornier Systems (Astrium) and 35 subcontractors
Users
Government
Launch mass
1,200 kg
Dry mass
478 kg
Power
224 W
Design lifetime
4 years
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
2000-045A
NORAD catalog №
26463
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
European Space Agency
Radar cross-section
1.9953 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 22, 2025
End of mission
Last active / ended
October 22, 2025
Time in service
25.2 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed