OrbComm · Payload
ORBCOMM FM30
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
ORBCOMM FM30 is a ORBCOMM Inc. payload satellite, part of the OrbComm constellation, launched on December 4, 1999 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 4, 1999 at 06:53 PM UTC
- Launch site
- ERAS
- Launched by
- Pegasus XL HAPS →
- Operator
- Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 769 km
- Periapsis
- 760 km
- Inclination
- 45.03°
- Orbital period
- 100.13 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- ORBCOMM Inc.
- Manufacturer
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 44 kg
- Dry mass
- 22 kg
- Power
- 160 W
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Detailed purpose
- Machine-to-machine messaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1999-065A
- NORAD catalog №
- 25980
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Orbcomm- Constellation
- OrbComm
- Radar cross-section
- 0.5856 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational