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OPS 6518

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
December 4, 1968 at 07:23 PM UTC
Launch site
Vandenberg SFB, USA
Launched by
Titan IIIB →
Operator
United States Air Force
Mission
KH-8 18
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
593 km
Periapsis
135 km
Inclination
106.18°
Orbital period
91.83 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1968-108A
NORAD catalog №
3594
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
December 12, 1968

End of mission

Last active / ended
December 12, 1968
Time in service
8 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed