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COMPASS-1
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COMPASS-1 is a Germany navigation satellite, launched on April 28, 2008 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 28, 2008 at 03:53 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan / Sriharikota, India
- Launched by
- PSLV-CA →
- Operator
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Mission
- Cartosat 2A
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 174 km
- Periapsis
- 165 km
- Inclination
- 97.62°
- Orbital period
- 87.88 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Germany
- Launch mass
- 1 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2008-021E
- NORAD catalog №
- 32787
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Germany- Radar cross-section
- 0.0969 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- December 3, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- December 3, 2025
- Time in service
- 17.6 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed