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HETE 2

Former NASA astronomical satellite. HETE 2 was launched on October 9, 2000 aboard a Pegasus H from Kwajalein. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (2025).

COSPAR 2000-061ANORAD 26561United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: HETE 2
International designator: 2000-061A
NORAD catalog number: 26561
GCAT identifier: S26561
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/385

Mission

Mission type: Space science
Use: Civil government
Program: UNEX
Owner: GSFC
Country: United States
Builder: Mass. Inst of Technology
Platform (bus): HETE

Launch

Date: October 9, 2000 · 05:38 UTC
Launch record: 2000-061Success
Rocket: Pegasus H
Spaceport: Kwajalein · pad RW06/24

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LEO/E
Perigee: 595 km
Apogee: 636 km
Inclination: 1.95°
Status: Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date: 2025
Last known active: March 2007
End of operations: March 2007

Size

Mass: 124 kg
Dry mass: 124 kg
Length: 0.7 m
Diameter: 0.50 m
Span: 1.1 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q46540136 (CC0).