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EXOSAT

DecayedPayloadHEO

EXOSAT is a European Space Agency payload satellite, launched on May 26, 1983 into HEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
May 26, 1983 at 03:18 PM UTC
Launch site
Vandenberg SFB, USA
Launched by
Delta 3914 →
Operator
United States Air Force
Mission
Exosat
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
HEO
Apoapsis
191,100 km
Periapsis
109 km
Inclination
75.12°
Orbital period
5401.91 min

Spacecraft

Operator
European Space Agency
Launch mass
336.97 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1983-051A
NORAD catalog №
14095
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
European Space Agency
Radar cross-section
0.31 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
May 6, 1986

End of mission

Last active / ended
May 6, 1986
Time in service
2.9 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed