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FLOCK 1E-6

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
133 km
Periapsis
116 km
Inclination
51.59°
Orbital period
86.98 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1998-067GM
NORAD catalog №
40729
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
0.068 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
July 21, 2016

End of mission

Last active / ended
July 21, 2016
Time in service
17.7 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed