Satellites

Payload

SOYUZ 38

DecayedPayloadLEO

SOYUZ 38 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on September 18, 1980 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
September 18, 1980 at 07:11 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Soyuz 38

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
313 km
Periapsis
263 km
Inclination
51.63°
Orbital period
90.27 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
6,739.35 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1980-075A
NORAD catalog №
11977
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 26, 1980

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 26, 1980
Time in service
8 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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