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Interstage Adapter Satellite

Instrumented transfer booster used to propel the Clementine spacecraft to the Moon. Interstage Adapter Satellite was launched on January 25, 1994 aboard a Titan II SLV from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jun 8, 1994).

COSPAR 1994-004CNORAD 22987United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
ISA
Common name
Interstage Adapter Satellite
Payload designation
Interstage Adapter Satellite
International designator
1994-004C
NORAD catalog number
22987
GCAT identifier
S22987
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/274

Mission

Mission type
Space science
Use
Civil government
Program
DSPSE
Owner
BMDO
Country
United States
Builder
McDonnell Douglas Astronautics/HB
Platform (bus)
ISA

Launch

Date
January 25, 1994 · 16:34 UTC
Launch record
1994-004Success
Spaceport
Vandenberg · pad SLC4W

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
VHEO
Perigee
397 km
Apogee
126,958 km
Inclination
65.81°
Status
Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date
June 8, 1994
Last known active
May 12, 1994
End of operations
May 12, 1994

Size

Mass
45 kg
Dry mass
45 kg
Total mass with attached objects
127 kg
Length
1.0 m
Diameter
1.00 m
Span
1.0 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q112958719 (CC0).