Payload
OBJECT A
DecayedPayloadLEO
OBJECT A is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Cornell University payload satellite, launched on January 13, 2022 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 13, 2022 at 10:52 PM UTC
- Launch site
- WRAS
- Launched by
- LauncherOne →
- Operator
- Virgin Orbit
- Mission
- Above the Clouds
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 189 km
- Periapsis
- 184 km
- Inclination
- 44.98°
- Orbital period
- 88.22 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Cornell University
- Manufacturer
- NASA/Cornell University
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 4 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2022-003A
- NORAD catalog №
- 51094
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- To Be Determined
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- January 28, 2024
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- January 28, 2024
- Time in service
- 2.0 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed