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Payload
OLYMPUS
Nonoperational
Payload
GEO
OLYMPUS is a European Space Agency payload satellite, launched on July 12, 1989 into GEO.
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Launch
Launch date
July 12, 1989 at 12:14 AM UTC
Launch site
Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
Launched by
Ariane 3 →
Operator
Arianespace
Mission
Olympus
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
GEO
Apoapsis
35,538 km
Periapsis
35,428 km
Inclination
12.25°
Orbital period
1420.61 min
Spacecraft
Operator
European Space Agency
Launch mass
2,595 kg
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1989-053A
NORAD catalog №
20122
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
European Space Agency
Radar cross-section
6.3246 m²
Status
Nonoperational
End of mission
Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational