Satellites

Payload

SOMP2

DecayedPayloadLEO

SOMP2 is a Germany payload satellite, launched on November 20, 1998 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
November 20, 1998 at 06:40 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-K
Operator
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Zarya

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
162 km
Periapsis
153 km
Inclination
51.62°
Orbital period
87.64 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Germany
Launch mass
2 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1998-067LJ
NORAD catalog №
42701
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
GermanyGermany
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
March 19, 2019

End of mission

Last active / ended
March 19, 2019
Time in service
20.3 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed