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MERCURY ATLAS 8

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
October 3, 1962 at 12:15 PM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
Atlas LV-3B →
Operator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission
Mercury-Atlas 8
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
286 km
Periapsis
156 km
Inclination
32.55°
Orbital period
88.92 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1962-052A
NORAD catalog №
433
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 3, 1962

End of mission

Last active / ended
October 3, 1962
Time in service
0 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed