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FLOCK 2B-3

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
188 km
Periapsis
168 km
Inclination
51.62°
Orbital period
88.06 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1998-067HD
NORAD catalog №
40952
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
0.092 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 14, 2016

End of mission

Last active / ended
October 14, 2016
Time in service
17.9 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed