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Landsat 5
Earth observation satellite. Landsat 5 was launched on March 1, 1984 aboard a Delta 3920 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Sep 27, 1985).
COSPAR 1984-021ANORAD 14780United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Landsat 5
- Payload designation
- Landsat D'
- International designator
- 1984-021A
- NORAD catalog number
- 14780
- GCAT identifier
- S14780
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/104
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Landsat MMS
- Owner
- NOAA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- GE Missiles and Space Vehicles Division (MSVD)
- Platform (bus)
- MMS
Launch
- Date
- March 1, 1984 · 17:59 UTC
- Launch record
- 1984-021Success
- Rocket
- Delta 3920
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC2W
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 694 km
- Apogee
- 701 km
- Inclination
- 98.25°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- September 27, 1985
- Last known active
- Jan 7, 2010
- End of operations
- December 2012
Size
- Mass
- 1,938 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,863 kg
- Length
- 4.3 m
- Diameter
- 2.10 m
- Span
- 6.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q3502357 (CC0).