Satellites

Payload

TJ3SAT

DecayedPayloadLEO

TJ3SAT is a United States payload satellite, launched on November 20, 2013 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
November 20, 2013 at 01:15 AM UTC
Launch site
Wallops Island, USA
Launched by
Minotaur I
Operator
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Mission
ORS 3 and STPSat 3

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
182 km
Periapsis
174 km
Inclination
40.5°
Orbital period
88.05 min

Spacecraft

Operator
United States
Launch mass
1 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2013-064F
NORAD catalog №
39385
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
0.018 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 17, 2015

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 17, 2015
Time in service
1.8 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed