Payload
OBJECT A
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OBJECT A is a China payload satellite, launched on April 2, 2023 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 2, 2023 at 02:29 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- SDA Tranche 0A
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 159 km
- Periapsis
- 146 km
- Inclination
- 97.41°
- Orbital period
- 87.53 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 8 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-049A
- NORAD catalog №
- 56159
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- February 7, 2024
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- February 7, 2024
- Time in service
- 311 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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