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Long Duration Exposure Facility
Free-flying experiment platform orbited by the Space Shuttle. Long Duration Exposure Facility was launched on April 6, 1984 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: attached to another object (Apr 7, 1984).
COSPAR 1984-034BNORAD 14898United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- LDEF
- Common name
- Long Duration Exposure Facility
- International designator
- 1984-034B
- NORAD catalog number
- 14898
- GCAT identifier
- S14898
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/107
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- LDEF
- Owner
- NASA LaRC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- NASA Langley Research Center
- Platform (bus)
- LDEF
Launch
- Date
- April 6, 1984 · 13:58 UTC
- Launch record
- 1984-034Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 476 km
- Apogee
- 478 km
- Inclination
- 28.51°
- Status
- Attached to another object
- Status date
- April 7, 1984
- Last known active
- Apr 7, 1984
- End of operations
- Apr 7, 1984
Size
- Mass
- 9,705 kg
- Dry mass
- 9,705 kg
- Length
- 9.1 m
- Diameter
- 4.30 m
- Span
- 9.1 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1452695 (CC0).