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KESTREL EYE 2M
Satellite. KESTREL EYE 2M was launched on August 14, 2017 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: transferred to another vehicle (Aug 18, 2017).
COSPAR 1998-067NENORAD 42982United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- KestrelEye IIM
- Common name
- KESTREL EYE 2M
- Payload designation
- KestrelEye II-M
- International designator
- 1998-067NE
- NORAD catalog number
- 42982
- GCAT identifier
- S42982
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/877
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- KestrelEye
- Owner
- SMDC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Adcole Maryland Aerospace Inc
- Platform (bus)
- KestrelEye
Launch
- Date
- August 14, 2017 · 16:31 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-045Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 400 km
- Apogee
- 407 km
- Inclination
- 51.64°
- Status
- Transferred to another vehicle
- Status date
- August 18, 2017
- Last known active
- August 2018
- End of operations
- August 2018
Size
- Mass
- 45 kg
- Dry mass
- 45 kg
- Length
- 1.0 m
- Diameter
- 0.40 m
- Span
- 1.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111471147 (CC0).