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RBSP A

DecayedPayloadLEO

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Launch

Launch date
August 30, 2012 at 08:05 AM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
Atlas V 401 →
Operator
United Launch Alliance
Mission
Radiation Belt Storm Probe A
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
863 km
Periapsis
109 km
Inclination
9.55°
Orbital period
94.32 min

Spacecraft

Operator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Manufacturer
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Users
Government
Launch mass
648 kg
Detailed purpose
Earth Science

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2012-046A
NORAD catalog №
38752
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
6.8945 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
March 11, 2026

End of mission

Last active / ended
March 11, 2026
Time in service
13.5 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed