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MARSCOM

DecayedPayloadLEO

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Launch

Launch date
December 10, 2006 at 01:47 AM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
Space Shuttle →
Operator
United Space Alliance
Mission
STS-116
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
148 km
Periapsis
142 km
Inclination
51.61°
Orbital period
87.38 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2006-055D
NORAD catalog №
29662
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
0.0865 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
May 6, 2007

End of mission

Last active / ended
May 6, 2007
Time in service
147 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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