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SAC-A

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
December 4, 1998 at 08:35 AM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
Space Shuttle →
Operator
United Space Alliance
Mission
STS-88
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
125 km
Periapsis
123 km
Inclination
51.56°
Orbital period
86.96 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1998-069B
NORAD catalog №
25550
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
ArgentinaArgentina
Radar cross-section
0.3947 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 25, 1999

End of mission

Last active / ended
October 25, 1999
Time in service
325 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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