Payload
MICROMAS-2A
DecayedPayloadLEO
MICROMAS-2A is a MIT/Lincoln Laboratory-University of Massachusetts Amherst payload satellite, launched on January 12, 2018 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 12, 2018 at 03:59 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan / Sriharikota, India
- Launched by
- PSLV XL →
- Operator
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Mission
- Cartosat-2F (Cartosat-2S4)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 177 km
- Periapsis
- 157 km
- Inclination
- 97.3°
- Orbital period
- 87.83 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- MIT/Lincoln Laboratory-University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Manufacturer
- MIT/LL-UM Amherst
- Users
- Civil/Government
- Launch mass
- 3.8 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Earth Science
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2018-004W
- NORAD catalog №
- 43131
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- April 6, 2023
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- April 6, 2023
- Time in service
- 5.2 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed