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Charge Composition Explorer
NASA satellite in the Explorer program. Charge Composition Explorer was launched on August 16, 1984 aboard a Delta 3924 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1984-088ANORAD 15199United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Charge Composition Explorer
- Payload designation
- AMPTE-CCE
- International designator
- 1984-088A
- NORAD catalog number
- 15199
- GCAT identifier
- S15199
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/113
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- DeltaEx
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Platform (bus)
- AMPTE-CCE
Launch
- Date
- August 16, 1984 · 14:48 UTC
- Launch record
- 1984-088Success
- Rocket
- Delta 3924
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- HEO
- Perigee
- 1,108 km
- Apogee
- 49,675 km
- Inclination
- 4.84°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- January 1989
- End of operations
- January 1989
Size
- Mass
- 198 kg
- Dry mass
- 183 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 245 kg
- Length
- 0.4 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 2.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2957726 (CC0).