Satellites

Payload

TRAILBLAZER

DecayedPayloadLEO

TRAILBLAZER 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
166 km
Periapsis
162 km
Inclination
40.5°
Orbital period
87.77 min

Spacecraft

Operator
United States
Launch mass
1 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2013-064W
NORAD catalog №
39400
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
0.0177 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
May 22, 2016

End of mission

Last active / ended
May 22, 2016
Time in service
2.5 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed