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KESTREL EYE IIM (KE2M)

DecayedPayloadLEO

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
Proton-K →
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 StatesUnited 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