Satellites

Payload

OPS 8595

DecayedPayloadLEO

OPS 8595 is a United States payload satellite, launched on September 18, 1968 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
September 18, 1968 at 09:32 PM UTC
Launch site
Vandenberg SFB, USA
Operator
United States Air Force
Mission
KH-4A 48

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
236 km
Periapsis
211 km
Inclination
83.18°
Orbital period
88.97 min

Spacecraft

Operator
United States
Launch mass
59.46 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1968-078B
NORAD catalog №
3409
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 28, 1969

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 28, 1969
Time in service
1.0 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed