Satellites

Payload

REMOVEDEBRIS

DecayedPayloadLEO

REMOVEDEBRIS is a United Kingdom payload satellite, launched on November 20, 1998 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
November 20, 1998 at 06:40 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-K
Operator
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Zarya

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
183 km
Periapsis
172 km
Inclination
51.62°
Orbital period
88.04 min

Spacecraft

Operator
United Kingdom
Launch mass
100 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1998-067NT
NORAD catalog №
43510
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
December 4, 2021

End of mission

Last active / ended
December 4, 2021
Time in service
23.0 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed