Payload
DRAGRACER 1 (ALCHEMY)
DecayedPayloadLEO
DRAGRACER 1 (ALCHEMY) is a United States payload satellite, launched on November 20, 2020 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 20, 2020 at 02:20 AM UTC
- Launch site
- RLLB
- Launched by
- Electron →
- Operator
- Rocket Lab
- Mission
- Return to Sender (Rideshare)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 195 km
- Periapsis
- 171 km
- Inclination
- 97.31°
- Orbital period
- 88.14 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 12 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2020-085AB
- NORAD catalog №
- 46954
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- July 19, 2021
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- July 19, 2021
- Time in service
- 241 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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