Weather
DMSP 5D-2 F12 (USA 106)
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DMSP 5D-2 F12 (USA 106) is a United States weather satellite, launched on August 29, 1994 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 29, 1994 at 05:38 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- SM-65E Atlas →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- DMSP-5D2 F12
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 846 km
- Periapsis
- 832 km
- Inclination
- 98.67°
- Orbital period
- 101.69 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 815.66 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1994-057A
- NORAD catalog №
- 23233
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 3.254 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational