Satellites

Payload

UWE-1

NonoperationalPayloadLEO

UWE-1 is a Germany payload satellite, launched on October 27, 2005 into LEO.

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Launch

Launch date
October 27, 2005 at 06:52 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Production Corporation Polyot
Mission
Beijing-1

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
663 km
Periapsis
645 km
Inclination
98.31°
Orbital period
97.82 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Germany
Launch mass
1 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2005-043C
NORAD catalog №
28892
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
GermanyGermany
Radar cross-section
0.0184 m²
Status
Nonoperational

End of mission

Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational