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EURECA

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
July 31, 1992 at 01:56 PM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
Space Shuttle →
Operator
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Mission
STS-46
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
482 km
Periapsis
474 km
Inclination
28.46°
Orbital period
94.17 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1992-049B
NORAD catalog №
22065
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
European Space Agency
Radar cross-section
7.3431 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
July 1, 1993

End of mission

Last active / ended
July 1, 1993
Time in service
335 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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