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BEESAT-3

DecayedPayloadLEO

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Launch

Launch date
April 19, 2013 at 10:00 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz 2.1a →
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
161 km
Periapsis
153 km
Inclination
64.82°
Orbital period
87.63 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2013-015F
NORAD catalog №
39135
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
GermanyGermany
Radar cross-section
0.0337 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
December 29, 2023

End of mission

Last active / ended
December 29, 2023
Time in service
10.7 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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