Satellites

Payload

OPS 7719

DecayedPayloadLEO

OPS 7719 is a United States payload satellite, launched on January 20, 1972 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
January 20, 1972 at 06:36 PM UTC
Launch site
Vandenberg SFB, USA
Launched by
Titan IIID
Operator
United States Air Force
Mission
KH-9 2

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
170 km
Periapsis
158 km
Inclination
96.48°
Orbital period
87.77 min

Spacecraft

Operator
United States
Launch mass
59.46 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1972-002D
NORAD catalog №
5772
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
2.083 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
April 17, 1979

End of mission

Last active / ended
April 17, 1979
Time in service
7.2 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed