Satellites

Payload

SEASAT 1

NonoperationalPayloadLEO

SEASAT 1 is a United States payload satellite, launched on June 27, 1978 into LEO.

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Launch

Launch date
June 27, 1978 at 01:12 AM UTC
Launch site
Vandenberg SFB, USA
Operator
United States Air Force
Mission
Seasat 1

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
739 km
Periapsis
737 km
Inclination
108.02°
Orbital period
99.57 min

Spacecraft

Operator
United States
Launch mass
2,279.48 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1978-064A
NORAD catalog №
10967
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
9.412 m²
Status
Nonoperational

End of mission

Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational