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SSETI EXPRESS (XO-53)

NonoperationalPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date: October 27, 2005 at 06:52 AM UTC
Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by: Kosmos-3M (11K65M) →
Operator: Production Corporation Polyot
Mission: Beijing-1
Launch record: View full launch →

Orbit

Orbit regime: LEO
Apoapsis: 686 km
Periapsis: 666 km
Inclination: 98.31°
Orbital period: 98.27 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l): 2005-043E
NORAD catalog №: 28894
Object type: Payload
Owner / operator: European Space Agency
Radar cross-section: 0.3502 m²
Status: Nonoperational

End of mission

Fate: No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status: Nonoperational