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Heat Capacity Mapping Mission
NASA satellite of the Explorer program. Heat Capacity Mapping Mission was launched on April 26, 1978 aboard a Scout D-1 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Dec 22, 1981).
COSPAR 1978-041ANORAD 10818United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- HCMM
- Common name
- Heat Capacity Mapping Mission
- Payload designation
- AEM-A
- International designator
- 1978-041A
- NORAD catalog number
- 10818
- GCAT identifier
- S10818
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/011
Mission
- Mission type
- Earth science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Explorer AEM
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing Space Center, Kent
- Platform (bus)
- AEM
Launch
- Date
- April 26, 1978 · 10:20 UTC
- Launch record
- 1978-041Success
- Rocket
- Scout D-1
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC5
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 610 km
- Apogee
- 633 km
- Inclination
- 97.60°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- December 22, 1981
- Last known active
- Sep 15, 1980
- End of operations
- Sep 15, 1980
Size
- Mass
- 135 kg
- Dry mass
- 110 kg
- Length
- 1.6 m
- Diameter
- 0.80 m
- Span
- 2.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q49981 (CC0).