Payload
RMS
DecayedPayloadLEO
RMS is a United States payload satellite, launched on November 9, 1970 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 9, 1970 at 06:00 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Wallops Island, USA
- Launched by
- Scout B →
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Mission
- OFO
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 184 km
- Periapsis
- 167 km
- Inclination
- 37.43°
- Orbital period
- 87.99 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 20.81 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1970-094B
- NORAD catalog №
- 4692
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- February 7, 1971
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- February 7, 1971
- Time in service
- 90 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed