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EXOSAT
Space observatory. EXOSAT was launched on May 26, 1983 aboard a Delta 3914 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (May 27, 1983).
COSPAR 1983-051ANORAD 14095European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Exosat
- Common name
- EXOSAT
- International designator
- 1983-051A
- NORAD catalog number
- 14095
- GCAT identifier
- S14095
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/085
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ESA Ast
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- MBB
- Platform (bus)
- Exosat
Launch
- Date
- May 26, 1983 · 15:18 UTC
- Launch record
- 1983-051Success
- Rocket
- Delta 3914
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC2W
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- DSO
- Perigee
- 584 km
- Apogee
- 191,510 km
- Inclination
- 72.00°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- May 27, 1983
- Last known active
- Apr 9, 1986
- End of operations
- Apr 9, 1986
Size
- Mass
- 510 kg
- Dry mass
- 490 kg
- Length
- 1.4 m
- Diameter
- 2.10 m
- Span
- 3.2 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00636
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- May 27, 1983
- Phase outcome
- Reentered (orbital decay) · May 6, 1986
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q49694 (CC0).