OrbComm · Payload
ORBCOMM FM16
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
ORBCOMM FM16 is a ORBCOMM payload satellite, part of the OrbComm constellation, launched on August 2, 1998 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 2, 1998 at 04:24 PM UTC
- Launch site
- ERAS
- Launched by
- Pegasus XL HAPS →
- Operator
- Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 762 km
- Periapsis
- 755 km
- Inclination
- 44.99°
- Orbital period
- 100 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)
- 1998-046E
- NORAD catalog №
- 25417
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Orbcomm- Constellation
- OrbComm
- Radar cross-section
- 0.636 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational