Satellites

Payload

SUITSAT (AO-54)

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SUITSAT (AO-54) is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on September 8, 2005 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
September 8, 2005 at 01:07 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
157 km
Periapsis
148 km
Inclination
51.62°
Orbital period
87.53 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
140 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2005-035C
NORAD catalog №
28933
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
0.5014 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 7, 2006

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 7, 2006
Time in service
364 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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