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WIRE

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
March 5, 1999 at 02:56 AM UTC
Launch site
WRAS
Launched by
Pegasus XL →
Operator
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
138 km
Periapsis
126 km
Inclination
97.24°
Orbital period
87.13 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1999-011A
NORAD catalog №
25646
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
1.21 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
May 10, 2011

End of mission

Last active / ended
May 10, 2011
Time in service
12.2 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed