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ORFEUS-SPAS
Decayed
Payload
LEO
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Launch
Launch date
November 19, 1996 at 07:55 PM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
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Operator
United Space Alliance
Mission
STS-80
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
359 km
Periapsis
346 km
Inclination
28.47°
Orbital period
91.59 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1996-065B
NORAD catalog №
24661
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Germany
Radar cross-section
8.7299 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
December 7, 1996
End of mission
Last active / ended
December 7, 1996
Time in service
18 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed
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