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SHFT 1 (GOERGEN)

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
December 16, 2018 at 06:33 AM UTC
Launch site
RLLB
Launched by
Electron →
Operator
Rocket Lab
Mission
This One's For Pickering (VCLS ELaNa XIX)
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
164 km
Periapsis
152 km
Inclination
84.98°
Orbital period
87.65 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Manufacturer
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Users
Military
Launch mass
5 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2018-104M
NORAD catalog №
43860
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
November 26, 2022

End of mission

Last active / ended
November 26, 2022
Time in service
3.9 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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