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CTA

22214. CTA was launched on October 22, 1992 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: attached to another object (Oct 24, 1992).

COSPAR 1992-070CNORAD 22214Canada

Identity

Name in GCAT
CTA
Payload designation
Canadian Target Assembly
International designator
1992-070C
NORAD catalog number
22214
GCAT identifier
S22214
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/283

Mission

Mission type
Technology
Use
Civil government
Program
CTA
Owner
CSA
Country
Canada
Builder
Canadian Space Agency
Platform (bus)
CTA

Launch

Date
October 22, 1992 · 17:09 UTC
Launch record
1992-070Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
207 km
Apogee
215 km
Inclination
28.46°
Status
Attached to another object
Status date
October 24, 1992
Last known active
Oct 31, 1992
End of operations
Oct 31, 1992

Size

Mass
82 kg
Dry mass
82 kg
Length
2.1 m
Diameter
0.50 m
Span
2.1 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q65274617 (CC0).