Payload
CXO
OperationalPayloadHEO
CXO is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center payload satellite, launched on July 23, 1999 into HEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 23, 1999 at 04:31 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Space Shuttle →
- Operator
- United Space Alliance
- Mission
- STS-93
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- HEO
- Apoapsis
- 137,824 km
- Periapsis
- 11,000 km
- Inclination
- 56.12°
- Orbital period
- 3808.87 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center
- Manufacturer
- TRW Space and Electronics
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 5,563 kg
- Power
- 2,500 W
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1999-040B
- NORAD catalog №
- 25867
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 8.3048 m²
- Status
- Operational
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