Payload
GENESIS 1
DecayedPayloadLEO
The creation myth of Judaism and Christianity is found in chapters 1 and 2 of the Book of Genesis. While both faith traditions have historically understood the account as a single unified story, modern scholars of biblical criticism have identified it as being a composite of two stories drawn from different sources expressing distinct views about the nature of God and creation.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 12, 2006 at 02:53 PM UTC
- Launch site
- DLS
- Launched by
- Dnepr 1 →
- Operator
- ISC Kosmotras
- Mission
- Genesis-1
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 165 km
- Periapsis
- 141 km
- Inclination
- 64.47°
- Orbital period
- 87.55 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Bigelow Aerospace
- Manufacturer
- Bigelow Aerospace
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 1,360 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2006-029A
- NORAD catalog №
- 29252
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 5.466 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- July 2, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- July 2, 2025
- Time in service
- 19.0 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed