Payload
GUNSMOKE-J 3
DecayedPayloadLEONORAD 47969
GUNSMOKE-J 3 is a U.S. ArmyÕs Space and Missile Defense Command payload satellite, launched on March 22, 2021 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
Launch
- Launch date
- March 22, 2021 at 10:30 PM UTC
- Launch site
- RLLB
- Launched by
- Electron →
- Operator
- Rocket Lab
- Mission
- They Go Up So Fast (Rideshare)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 207 km
- Periapsis
- 189 km
- Inclination
- 44.98°
- Orbital period
- 88.46 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- U.S. ArmyÕs Space and Missile Defense Command
- Manufacturer
- U.S. ArmyÕs Space and Missile Defense Command/TSEPT
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 4 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.3 × 0.1 × 0.1 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-023E
- NORAD catalog №
- 47969
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- April 24, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- April 24, 2025
- Time in service
- 4.1 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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