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TOPSAT
Nonoperational
Payload
LEO
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Launch
Launch date
October 27, 2005 at 06:52 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Kosmos-3M (11K65M) →
Operator
Production Corporation Polyot
Mission
Beijing-1
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
689 km
Periapsis
668 km
Inclination
98.31°
Orbital period
98.32 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
2005-043B
NORAD catalog №
28891
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United Kingdom
Radar cross-section
0.4909 m²
Status
Nonoperational
End of mission
Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational