Payload
SUNSAT (SO-35)
NonoperationalPayloadLEONORAD 25636
SUNSAT (SO-35) is a South Africa payload satellite, launched on February 23, 1999 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- February 23, 1999 at 10:29 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Delta II 7920-10 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- ARGOS
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 838 km
- Periapsis
- 637 km
- Inclination
- 96.47°
- Orbital period
- 99.55 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- South Africa
- Launch mass
- 60 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.6 × 0.5 × 0.5 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1999-008C
- NORAD catalog №
- 25636
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
South Africa- Radar cross-section
- 0.4303 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational