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OPS 5268 (CALSPHERE 3)

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
February 17, 1971 at 03:52 AM UTC
Launch site
Vandenberg SFB, USA
Launched by
Thor Burner 2 →
Operator
United States Air Force
Mission
DSAP-5A F3
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
190 km
Periapsis
183 km
Inclination
98.38°
Orbital period
88.22 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1971-012C
NORAD catalog №
4957
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
0.2684 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 17, 1989

End of mission

Last active / ended
October 17, 1989
Time in service
18.7 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed