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GLOMR

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
October 30, 1985 at 05:00 PM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
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Operator
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Mission
STS-61-A
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
130 km
Periapsis
127 km
Inclination
56.97°
Orbital period
87.05 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1985-104B
NORAD catalog №
16231
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
0.41 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
December 26, 1986

End of mission

Last active / ended
December 26, 1986
Time in service
1.2 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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