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Cosmic Background Explorer
Decommissioned NASA space observatory. Cosmic Background Explorer was launched on November 18, 1989 aboard a Delta 5920-8 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1989-089ANORAD 20322United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- COBE
- Common name
- Cosmic Background Explorer
- International designator
- 1989-089A
- NORAD catalog number
- 20322
- GCAT identifier
- S20322
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/220
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- DeltaEx
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Platform (bus)
- COBE
Launch
- Date
- November 18, 1989 · 14:34 UTC
- Launch record
- 1989-089Success
- Rocket
- Delta 5920-8
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC2W
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 886 km
- Apogee
- 896 km
- Inclination
- 99.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- May 1, 1997
- End of operations
- December 1993
Size
- Mass
- 2,206 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,206 kg
- Length
- 4.9 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 8.4 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q49445 (CC0).