OrbComm · Payload
ORBCOMM FM03
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
ORBCOMM FM03 is a ORBCOMM payload satellite, part of the OrbComm constellation, launched on February 10, 1998 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 10, 1998 at 01:20 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Minotaur-C 2210 →
- Operator
- Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Mission
- GFO
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 806 km
- Periapsis
- 741 km
- Inclination
- 107.96°
- Orbital period
- 100.31 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- ORBCOMM
- Manufacturer
- Sierra Nevada
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 42 kg
- Design lifetime
- 10 years
- Detailed purpose
- Machine-to-machine messaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1998-007B
- NORAD catalog №
- 25158
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Orbcomm- Constellation
- OrbComm
- Radar cross-section
- 0.7101 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational