Weather
DMSP 5D-2 F8 (USA 26)
NonoperationalWeatherLEONORAD 18123
DMSP 5D-2 F8 (USA 26) is a United States weather satellite, launched on June 20, 1987 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- June 20, 1987 at 02:34 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- SM-65E Atlas →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- DMSP-5D2 F8
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 836 km
- Periapsis
- 818 km
- Inclination
- 98.73°
- Orbital period
- 101.44 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 815.66 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø1.5 × 6.9 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1987-053A
- NORAD catalog №
- 18123
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 2.96 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational