Payload
OPS 9442 (DSCS 2-12)
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
OPS 9442 (DSCS 2-12) is a United States payload satellite, launched on December 14, 1978 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 14, 1978 at 03:20 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Soyuz U →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Zenit-2M 93
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,327 km
- Periapsis
- 36,287 km
- Inclination
- 8.26°
- Orbital period
- 1462.79 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 584.74 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1978-113B
- NORAD catalog №
- 11145
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 4.9871 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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