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Payload

KONDOR-E

DecayedPayloadLEO

KONDOR-E is a South Africa payload satellite, launched on December 19, 2014 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
December 19, 2014 at 04:43 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Strela
Operator
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
159 km
Periapsis
146 km
Inclination
74.71°
Orbital period
87.54 min

Spacecraft

Operator
South Africa
Launch mass
1,150 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2014-084A
NORAD catalog №
40353
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
South AfricaSouth Africa
Radar cross-section
9.9039 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 22, 2022

End of mission

Last active / ended
October 22, 2022
Time in service
7.8 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed