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STS 81

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
January 12, 1997 at 09:27 AM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
Space Shuttle →
Operator
United Space Alliance
Mission
STS-81
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
380 km
Periapsis
343 km
Inclination
51.65°
Orbital period
91.77 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1997-001A
NORAD catalog №
24711
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
404.27 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
January 22, 1997

End of mission

Last active / ended
January 22, 1997
Time in service
10 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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