Payload
SCATHA
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SCATHA is a United States payload satellite, launched on January 30, 1979 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 30, 1979 at 09:42 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 2914 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- SCATHA
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 42,904 km
- Periapsis
- 27,970 km
- Inclination
- 9.7°
- Orbital period
- 1418.28 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 353.82 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1979-007A
- NORAD catalog №
- 11256
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 3.2195 m²
- Status
- active