Payload
GEOTAIL
NonoperationalPayloadHEO
GEOTAIL is a Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)/NASA/ESA payload satellite, launched on July 24, 1992 into HEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 24, 1992 at 02:26 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta II 6925 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Geotail & DUVE
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- HEO
- Apoapsis
- 193,939 km
- Periapsis
- 46,986 km
- Inclination
- 45.31°
- Orbital period
- 7492.83 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)/NASA/ESA
- Manufacturer
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 1,000 kg
- Power
- 273 W
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1992-044A
- NORAD catalog №
- 22049
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 3.5 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational