Human Spaceflight
DEBRISSAT-2
DecayedHuman SpaceflightLEO
RemoveDEBRIS was a satellite research project intending to demonstrate various space debris removal technologies. The mission was led by the Surrey Space Centre from the University of Surrey with the satellite's platform manufactured by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL). Partners on the project included Airbus, ArianeGroup, Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology, Inria, Innovative Solutions In Space, Surrey Space Centre, and Stellenbosch University.
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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
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 166 km
- Periapsis
- 152 km
- Inclination
- 51.62°
- Orbital period
- 87.67 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1998-067PR
- NORAD catalog №
- 43680
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United Kingdom- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- May 30, 2020
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- May 30, 2020
- Time in service
- 21.5 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed