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SAGE

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
February 18, 1979 at 04:18 PM UTC
Launch site
Wallops Island, USA
Launched by
Scout D-1 →
Operator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission
SAGE
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
156 km
Periapsis
146 km
Inclination
54.91°
Orbital period
87.51 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1979-013A
NORAD catalog №
11270
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
5.0253 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
April 11, 1989

End of mission

Last active / ended
April 11, 1989
Time in service
10.1 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed