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DIAL-WIKA
Decayed
Payload
LEO
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Launch
Launch date
March 10, 1970 at 12:20 PM UTC
Launch site
Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
Launched by
Diamant B →
Operator
National Center of Space Research
Mission
Dial Wika
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
661 km
Periapsis
282 km
Inclination
5.4°
Orbital period
94.04 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1970-017A
NORAD catalog №
4344
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Germany
Radar cross-section
0.7401 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 5, 1978
End of mission
Last active / ended
October 5, 1978
Time in service
8.6 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed