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STARSHINE
Decayed
Payload
LEO
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Launch
Launch date
May 27, 1999 at 10:49 AM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
Space Shuttle →
Operator
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Mission
STS-96
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
145 km
Periapsis
142 km
Inclination
51.58°
Orbital period
87.36 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1999-030B
NORAD catalog №
25769
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United States
Radar cross-section
0.2973 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
February 18, 2000
End of mission
Last active / ended
February 18, 2000
Time in service
267 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed
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