Satellites

Payload

SOMP

DecayedPayloadLEO

SOMP is a Germany payload satellite, launched on April 19, 2013 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
April 19, 2013 at 10:00 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz 2.1a
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
165 km
Periapsis
146 km
Inclination
64.82°
Orbital period
87.59 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Germany
Launch mass
1 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2013-015E
NORAD catalog №
39134
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
GermanyGermany
Radar cross-section
0.052 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 1, 2023

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 1, 2023
Time in service
10.4 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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