Weather
DMSP 5D-2 F10 (USA 68)
NonoperationalWeatherLEONORAD 20978
DMSP 5D-2 F10 (USA 68) is a United States weather satellite, launched on December 1, 1990 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- December 1, 1990 at 03:57 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- SM-65E Atlas →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- DMSP-5D2 F10
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 808 km
- Periapsis
- 708 km
- Inclination
- 98.61°
- Orbital period
- 99.99 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1,487 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø1.5 × 6.9 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1990-105A
- NORAD catalog №
- 20978
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 3.8911 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational