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Ion Release Module
German satellite in the Explorer program. Ion Release Module was launched on August 16, 1984 aboard a Delta 3924 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Dec 8, 1987).
COSPAR 1984-088BNORAD 15200Germany
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Ion Release Module
- Payload designation
- AMPTE-IRM
- International designator
- 1984-088B
- NORAD catalog number
- 15200
- GCAT identifier
- S15200
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/118
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- DLR Chem
- Owner
- DFVLR
- Country
- Germany
- Builder
- Max Planck Institut fur Extraterrestrische Physik
- Platform (bus)
- AMPTE-IRM
Launch
- Date
- August 16, 1984 · 14:48 UTC
- Launch record
- 1984-088Success
- Rocket
- Delta 3924
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- VHEO
- Perigee
- 896 km
- Apogee
- 113,396 km
- Inclination
- 27.73°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- December 8, 1987
- Last known active
- Aug 14, 1986
- End of operations
- Aug 14, 1986
Size
- Mass
- 298 kg
- Dry mass
- 298 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 732 kg
- Length
- 1.7 m
- Diameter
- 2.10 m
- Span
- 47.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q25449179 (CC0).