Satellites

Payload

X-CUBESAT

DecayedPayloadLEO

X-CUBESAT is a France 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
173 km
Periapsis
165 km
Inclination
51.62°
Orbital period
87.87 min

Spacecraft

Operator
France
Launch mass
2 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1998-067LQ
NORAD catalog №
42707
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
FranceFrance
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
February 4, 2019

End of mission

Last active / ended
February 4, 2019
Time in service
20.2 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed