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DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
September 12, 1991 at 11:11 PM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
Space Shuttle →
Operator
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Mission
STS-48
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
135 km
Periapsis
130 km
Inclination
56.93°
Orbital period
87.14 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1991-063B
NORAD catalog №
21701
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
24.0226 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 24, 2011

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 24, 2011
Time in service
20.0 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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