Payload
GEARRS-2
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 40657
GEARRS-2 is a NearSpace Launch/Air Force Research Laboratory payload satellite, launched on May 20, 2015 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- May 20, 2015 at 03:05 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 501 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- OTV-4 (X-37B) (USA 261) ( AFSPC-5) & ULTRASat cubesat deployer
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 376 km
- Periapsis
- 294 km
- Inclination
- 55.01°
- Orbital period
- 91.24 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- NearSpace Launch/Air Force Research Laboratory
- Manufacturer
- NearSpace Launch/Air Force Research Laboratory
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 4 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.3 × 0.1 × 0.1 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2015-025G
- NORAD catalog №
- 40657
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational