Satellites

Payload

COPPER

DecayedPayloadLEO

COPPER is a United States payload satellite, launched on November 20, 2013 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
November 20, 2013 at 01:15 AM UTC
Launch site
Wallops Island, USA
Launched by
Minotaur I
Operator
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Mission
ORS 3 and STPSat 3

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
166 km
Periapsis
165 km
Inclination
40.47°
Orbital period
87.8 min

Spacecraft

Operator
United States
Launch mass
1 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2013-064R
NORAD catalog №
39395
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
0.02 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
February 4, 2016

End of mission

Last active / ended
February 4, 2016
Time in service
2.2 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed