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DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
November 15, 2008 at 12:55 AM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
Space Shuttle →
Operator
United Space Alliance
Mission
STS-126
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
150 km
Periapsis
146 km
Inclination
51.62°
Orbital period
87.44 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2008-059B
NORAD catalog №
33445
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
0.1053 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
February 17, 2010

End of mission

Last active / ended
February 17, 2010
Time in service
1.3 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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