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CP6

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
May 19, 2009 at 11:55 PM UTC
Launch site
Wallops Island, USA
Launched by
Minotaur I →
Operator
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Mission
Tacsat 3
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
176 km
Periapsis
169 km
Inclination
40.44°
Orbital period
87.94 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2009-028C
NORAD catalog №
35003
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
0.0657 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 6, 2011

End of mission

Last active / ended
October 6, 2011
Time in service
2.4 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed