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GENESAT-1

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
December 16, 2006 at 12:00 PM UTC
Launch site
Wallops Island, USA
Launched by
Minotaur I →
Operator
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Mission
Tacsat 2
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
156 km
Periapsis
150 km
Inclination
40.01°
Orbital period
87.55 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2006-058C
NORAD catalog №
29655
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
0.0502 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
August 4, 2010

End of mission

Last active / ended
August 4, 2010
Time in service
3.6 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed