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GALEX
Former NASA ultraviolet space telescope. GALEX was launched on April 28, 2003 aboard a Pegasus XL from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2003-017ANORAD 27783United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GALEX
- International designator
- 2003-017A
- NORAD catalog number
- 27783
- GCAT identifier
- S27783
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/434
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- SMEX
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Platform (bus)
- Leostar-2
Launch
- Date
- April 28, 2003 · 11:59 UTC
- Launch record
- 2003-017Success
- Rocket
- Pegasus XL
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad RW30/12
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 693 km
- Apogee
- 700 km
- Inclination
- 29.00°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 7, 2012
- End of operations
- Jun 28, 2013
Size
- Mass
- 280 kg
- Dry mass
- 280 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.10 m
- Span
- 2.8 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q49944 (CC0).