Satellites

Payload

CUAVA-1

DecayedPayloadLEO

CUAVA-1 is a Australia payload satellite, launched on November 20, 1998 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
November 20, 1998 at 06:40 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-K
Operator
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Zarya

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
148 km
Periapsis
132 km
Inclination
51.61°
Orbital period
87.28 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Australia
Launch mass
4 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1998-067SU
NORAD catalog №
49275
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
AustraliaAustralia
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 2, 2022

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 2, 2022
Time in service
23.8 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed