Earth Observation
CAPELLA-9-WHITNEY
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 16, 2023 at 10:38 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Wallops Island, USA
- Launched by
- Electron →
- Operator
- Rocket Lab
- Mission
- Stronger Together (Capella 9-10)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 203 km
- Periapsis
- 184 km
- Inclination
- 43.96°
- Orbital period
- 88.36 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Capella Space
- Manufacturer
- Capella Space
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 112 kg
- Dry mass
- 90 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Radar Imaging (SAR)
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-035C
- NORAD catalog №
- 55910
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- March 29, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- March 29, 2025
- Time in service
- 2.0 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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