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SKIPPER

activePayloadLEO

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Launch

Launch date
December 28, 1995 at 06:45 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Molniya-M 2BL →
Operator
Progress Rocket Space Center
Mission
IRS-1C & Skipper
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
809 km
Periapsis
800 km
Inclination
98.74°
Orbital period
100.97 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1995-072B
NORAD catalog №
23752
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
0.6387 m²
Status
active