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EXOSAT

DecayedPayloadHEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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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: View full launch →

Orbit

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

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