Human Spaceflight

ISS OBJECT VT

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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
Launch record: View full launch →

Orbit

Orbit regime: LEO
Apoapsis: 189 km
Periapsis: 182 km
Inclination: 51.62°
Orbital period: 88.2 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l): 1998-067VT
NORAD catalog №: 57315
Object type: Payload
Owner / operator: To Be Determined
Status: Decayed
Decay / reentry: January 5, 2024

End of mission

Last active / ended: January 5, 2024
Time in service: 25.1 years
Fate: Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status: Decayed