OrbComm · Payload
ORBCOMM FM38
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
ORBCOMM FM38 is a ORBCOMM payload satellite, part of the OrbComm constellation, launched on June 19, 2008 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 19, 2008 at 06:36 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Kapustin Yar, Russia
- Launched by
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M) →
- Operator
- Production Corporation Polyot
- Mission
- Orbcomm FM 37 to 41 & CDS 3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 623 km
- Periapsis
- 617 km
- Inclination
- 48.44°
- Orbital period
- 97.1 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- ORBCOMM
- Manufacturer
- Sierra Nevada
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 115 kg
- Design lifetime
- 10 years
- Detailed purpose
- Machine-to-machine messaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2008-031A
- NORAD catalog №
- 33060
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Orbcomm- Constellation
- OrbComm
- Radar cross-section
- 1.1201 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational