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STS 30

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
May 4, 1989 at 06:46 PM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
Space Shuttle →
Operator
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Mission
STS-30
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
331 km
Periapsis
297 km
Inclination
28.89°
Orbital period
90.81 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1989-033A
NORAD catalog №
19968
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
May 8, 1989

End of mission

Last active / ended
May 8, 1989
Time in service
4 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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