Weather
OPS 5140 (DMSP 5C F8)
DecayedWeatherLEONORAD 8696
OPS 5140 (DMSP 5C F8) is a United States weather satellite, launched on February 19, 1976 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
Launch
- Launch date
- February 19, 1976 at 07:52 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Thor Burner 2A →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- DMSP-5C F3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 360 km
- Periapsis
- 82 km
- Inclination
- 98.87°
- Orbital period
- 88.92 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 508.42 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø1.3 × 1.6 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1976-016A
- NORAD catalog №
- 8696
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- February 19, 1976
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- February 19, 1976
- Time in service
- 0 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed