Payload
GLOBAL-20
DecayedPayloadLEO
GLOBAL-20 is a BlackSky Global payload satellite, launched on April 2, 2022 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 2, 2022 at 12:41 PM UTC
- Launch site
- RLLB
- Launched by
- Electron →
- Operator
- Rocket Lab
- Mission
- Without Mission A Beat (BlackSky 16-17)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 146 km
- Periapsis
- 141 km
- Inclination
- 52.96°
- Orbital period
- 87.35 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- BlackSky Global
- Manufacturer
- LeoStella
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 55 kg
- Dry mass
- 50 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2022-034C
- NORAD catalog №
- 52197
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- April 1, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- April 1, 2025
- Time in service
- 3.0 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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