Payload
SMAP
Partially operationalPayloadLEO
A catalogued spacecraft payload.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 31, 2015 at 02:22 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Delta II 7320-10C →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- SMAP, FIREBIRD II A, FIREBIRD II B, GRIFEX, ExoCube
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 683 km
- Periapsis
- 681 km
- Inclination
- 98.13°
- Orbital period
- 98.4 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Manufacturer
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
- Users
- Government
- Design lifetime
- 3 years
- Detailed purpose
- Earth Science
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2015-003A
- NORAD catalog №
- 40376
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 4.277 m²
- Status
- Partially operational