Payload
SORCE
OperationalPayloadLEO
SORCE is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Science Office/Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Univ. of Colorado payload satellite, launched on January 25, 2003 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 25, 2003 at 08:13 PM UTC
- Launch site
- ERAS
- Launched by
- Pegasus XL →
- Operator
- Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 567 km
- Periapsis
- 544 km
- Inclination
- 39.99°
- Orbital period
- 95.76 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Science Office/Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Univ. of Colorado
- Manufacturer
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Users
- Government/Civil
- Launch mass
- 290 kg
- Dry mass
- 290 kg
- Power
- 348 W
- Design lifetime
- 6 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2003-004A
- NORAD catalog №
- 27651
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 1.7809 m²
- Status
- Operational