Satellites

Payload

TUPOD

DecayedPayloadLEO

TUPOD is a Italy payload satellite, launched on November 20, 1998 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
November 20, 1998 at 06:40 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-K
Operator
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Zarya

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
201 km
Periapsis
191 km
Inclination
51.61°
Orbital period
88.41 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Italy
Launch mass
2 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1998-067KY
NORAD catalog №
41936
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
ItalyItaly
Radar cross-section
0.0702 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 8, 2017

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 8, 2017
Time in service
18.8 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed