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Inflatable Antenna Experiment
Inflatable satellite experiment launched by STS-77. Inflatable Antenna Experiment was launched on May 19, 1996 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 22, 1996).
COSPAR 1996-032CNORAD 23872United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- IAE
- Common name
- Inflatable Antenna Experiment
- Payload designation
- Inflatable Antenna Expt.
- International designator
- 1996-032C
- NORAD catalog number
- 23872
- GCAT identifier
- S23872
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/319
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- IAE
- Owner
- JPL
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Jet Propulsion Lab
- Platform (bus)
- IAE
Launch
- Date
- May 19, 1996 · 10:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-032Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 277 km
- Apogee
- 295 km
- Inclination
- 38.99°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- May 22, 1996
- Last known active
- May 20, 1996
- End of operations
- May 20, 1996
Size
- Mass
- 460 kg
- Dry mass
- 460 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 14.00 m
- Span
- 30.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q5915739 (CC0).