Weather
OPS 9845 (DMSP 5D-2 F6)
NonoperationalWeatherLEO
Observes the atmosphere and oceans for meteorology and climate monitoring.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 21, 1982 at 02:38 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- SM-65E Atlas →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- DMSP-5D2 F6
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 795 km
- Periapsis
- 785 km
- Inclination
- 98.59°
- Orbital period
- 100.66 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1982-118A
- NORAD catalog №
- 13736
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 3.3278 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational