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FLOCK 1-27

DecayedEarth ObservationLEO

Images and senses the Earth's surface for mapping, agriculture, defense or science.

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Launch

Launch date
November 20, 1998 at 06:40 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-K →
Operator
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Zarya
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
193 km
Periapsis
174 km
Inclination
51.62°
Orbital period
88.17 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1998-067EJ
NORAD catalog №
39565
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
0.061 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
May 3, 2014

End of mission

Last active / ended
May 3, 2014
Time in service
15.4 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed