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AEROS (GRS-B)

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
December 16, 1972 at 11:24 AM UTC
Launch site
Vandenberg SFB, USA
Launched by
Scout D-1 →
Operator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission
Aeros 1
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
207 km
Periapsis
143 km
Inclination
96.92°
Orbital period
87.98 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1972-100A
NORAD catalog №
6315
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
GermanyGermany
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
August 22, 1973

End of mission

Last active / ended
August 22, 1973
Time in service
249 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed