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FORTE
American experimental military satellite. FORTE was launched on August 29, 1997 aboard a Pegasus XL from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1997-047ANORAD 24920United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- FORTE
- Other names
- STP P94-1:PN
- International designator
- 1997-047A
- NORAD catalog number
- 24920
- GCAT identifier
- S24920
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/339
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- STP1
- Owner
- USAF STP
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Platform (bus)
- FORTE
Launch
- Date
- August 29, 1997 · 15:02 UTC
- Launch record
- 1997-047Success
- Rocket
- Pegasus XL
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad RW30/12
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 800 km
- Apogee
- 833 km
- Inclination
- 69.95°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- November 2022
Size
- Mass
- 212 kg
- Dry mass
- 212 kg
- Length
- 2.1 m
- Diameter
- 0.40 m
- Span
- 11.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q49905 (CC0).