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KESTREL EYE IIM (KE2M)
Decayed
Payload
LEO
A catalogued spacecraft payload.
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Launch
Launch date
November 20, 1998 at 06:40 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
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Operator
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Zarya
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
148 km
Periapsis
143 km
Inclination
51.6°
Orbital period
87.39 min
Spacecraft
Operator
US Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command
Manufacturer
U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command
Users
Military
Launch mass
50 kg
Detailed purpose
Optical Imaging
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1998-067NE
NORAD catalog №
42982
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United States
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
August 28, 2021
End of mission
Last active / ended
August 28, 2021
Time in service
22.8 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed