Payload
IUE
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
IUE is a United States payload satellite, launched on January 26, 1978 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 26, 1978 at 05:36 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 2914 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- IUE
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 41,967 km
- Periapsis
- 29,712 km
- Inclination
- 36.77°
- Orbital period
- 1438.79 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 457.88 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1978-012A
- NORAD catalog №
- 10637
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 5.9491 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational