Satellites

Payload

GOMX-3

DecayedPayloadLEO

GOMX-3 is a Denmark payload satellite, launched on November 20, 1998 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
November 20, 1998 at 06:40 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-K
Operator
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Zarya

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
176 km
Periapsis
167 km
Inclination
51.61°
Orbital period
87.91 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Denmark
Launch mass
4 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1998-067HA
NORAD catalog №
40949
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
DenmarkDenmark
Radar cross-section
0.05 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 18, 2016

End of mission

Last active / ended
October 18, 2016
Time in service
17.9 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed