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STS 54

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
January 13, 1993 at 01:59 PM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
Space Shuttle →
Operator
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Mission
STS-54
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
312 km
Periapsis
294 km
Inclination
28.47°
Orbital period
90.58 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1993-003A
NORAD catalog №
22313
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
43 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
January 19, 1993

End of mission

Last active / ended
January 19, 1993
Time in service
6 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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