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FAISAT 2V
FAISAT 2V was launched on September 23, 1997 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1997-052BNORAD 24954United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- FAISAT-2V
- Common name
- FAISAT 2V
- Other names
- Vitasat-1R,21KF2:P
- International designator
- 1997-052B
- NORAD catalog number
- 24954
- GCAT identifier
- S24954
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/339
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- FAISAT
- Owner
- FACS
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- PO Polyot
- Platform (bus)
- 21KF2
Launch
- Date
- September 23, 1997 · 16:44 UTC
- Launch record
- 1997-052Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 938 km
- Apogee
- 995 km
- Inclination
- 82.92°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1998
- End of operations
- 1998
Size
- Mass
- 114 kg
- Dry mass
- 114 kg
- Length
- 1.1 m
- Diameter
- 0.60 m
- Span
- 6.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q96757678 (CC0).