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FLOATING POTENTIAL PROBE

DecayedPayloadLEO

FLOATING POTENTIAL PROBE is a United States payload satellite, launched on December 1, 2000 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
December 1, 2000 at 03:06 AM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Operator
United Space Alliance
Mission
STS-97

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
152 km
Periapsis
141 km
Inclination
51.54°
Orbital period
87.42 min

Spacecraft

Operator
United States
Launch mass
40 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2000-078B
NORAD catalog №
28896
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
0.4889 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
February 25, 2006

End of mission

Last active / ended
February 25, 2006
Time in service
5.2 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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