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MAGSAT
Decayed
Payload
LEO
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Launch
Launch date
October 30, 1979 at 02:16 PM UTC
Launch site
Vandenberg SFB, USA
Launched by
Scout G-1 →
Operator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission
Magsat
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
169 km
Periapsis
161 km
Inclination
96.75°
Orbital period
87.79 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1979-094A
NORAD catalog №
11604
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United States
Radar cross-section
2.4172 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
June 11, 1980
End of mission
Last active / ended
June 11, 1980
Time in service
225 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed