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DMSP 5D-2/F07
Meteorological satellite. DMSP 5D-2/F07 was launched on November 18, 1983 aboard a Atlas E from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1983-113ANORAD 14506United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- DMSP F-7
- Common name
- DMSP 5D-2/F07
- Payload designation
- DMSP Block 5D-2 S-7
- Other names
- DMSP 18541
- International designator
- 1983-113A
- NORAD catalog number
- 14506
- GCAT identifier
- S14506
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/102
Mission
- Mission type
- Meteorology
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- DMSP 5D-2
- Owner
- USAF SD
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- RCA Astro Electronics (Astro Space)
- Platform (bus)
- Block 5D
Launch
- Date
- November 18, 1983 · 06:32 UTC
- Launch record
- 1983-113Success
- Rocket
- Atlas E
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC3W
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 813 km
- Apogee
- 832 km
- Inclination
- 98.74°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- January 1988
- End of operations
- January 1988
Size
- Mass
- 773 kg
- Dry mass
- 773 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,487 kg
- Length
- 6.9 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 6.9 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111851643 (CC0).