Human Spaceflight
DEBRISSAT-1
DecayedHuman SpaceflightLEONORAD 43621
RemoveDEBRIS was a satellite research project intending to demonstrate various space debris removal technologies. The mission was led by the Surrey Space Centre from the University of Surrey with the satellite's platform manufactured by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL). Partners on the project included Airbus, ArianeGroup, Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology, Inria, Innovative Solutions In Space, Surrey Space Centre, and Stellenbosch University.
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- 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
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 184 km
- Periapsis
- 179 km
- Inclination
- 51.61°
- Orbital period
- 88.12 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United Kingdom
- Dimensions
- Medium (RCS 0.1–1 m²)
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1998-067PM
- NORAD catalog №
- 43621
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United Kingdom- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- March 2, 2019
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- March 2, 2019
- Time in service
- 20.3 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed