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DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
August 10, 2001 at 09:10 PM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
Space Shuttle →
Operator
United Space Alliance
Mission
STS-105
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
135 km
Periapsis
130 km
Inclination
51.62°
Orbital period
87.14 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2001-035B
NORAD catalog №
26889
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
0.1784 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
January 30, 2002

End of mission

Last active / ended
January 30, 2002
Time in service
173 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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