Satellites

Payload

KRAKSAT

DecayedPayloadLEO

KRAKSAT is a Poland payload satellite, launched on November 20, 1998 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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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

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
152 km
Periapsis
146 km
Inclination
51.62°
Orbital period
87.46 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Poland
Launch mass
1.37 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1998-067QM
NORAD catalog №
44427
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
PolandPoland
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
January 17, 2022

End of mission

Last active / ended
January 17, 2022
Time in service
23.2 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed