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FLOCK 1B-1

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
182 km
Periapsis
173 km
Inclination
51.6°
Orbital period
88.04 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1998-067FA
NORAD catalog №
40131
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
0.104 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
January 1, 2015

End of mission

Last active / ended
January 1, 2015
Time in service
16.1 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed