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SPARC-1

DecayedPayloadLEO

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Launch

Launch date
May 5, 2019 at 06:00 AM UTC
Launch site
RLLB
Launched by
Electron →
Operator
Rocket Lab
Mission
That's a Funny Looking Cactus (STP-27RD)
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
223 km
Periapsis
207 km
Inclination
40°
Orbital period
88.8 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Air Force Research Laboratory/Swedish Defense Materiel Administration
Manufacturer
AAC Microtecs
Users
Military
Launch mass
8 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2019-026B
NORAD catalog №
44226
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
June 26, 2023

End of mission

Last active / ended
June 26, 2023
Time in service
4.1 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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