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MARScom

Former American military experimental satellite. MARScom was launched on December 10, 2006 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 6, 2007).

COSPAR 2006-055DNORAD 29662United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: NMARS
Common name: MARScom
Payload designation: MARScom
International designator: 2006-055D
NORAD catalog number: 29662
GCAT identifier: S29662
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/514

Mission

Mission type: Communications
Use: Defense
Program: USNA
Owner: USNA
Country: United States
Builder: US Naval Academy

Launch

Date: December 10, 2006 · 01:47 UTC
Launch record: 2006-055Success
Rocket: Space Shuttle
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 313 km
Apogee: 333 km
Inclination: 51.64°
Status: Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date: May 6, 2007
Last known active: May 6, 2007
End of operations: May 6, 2007

Size

Mass: 3 kg
Dry mass: 3 kg
Length: 0.1 m
Diameter: 0.10 m
Span: 1.3 m

Launched together

STS-116Human spaceflight · NASA JSC Radar Fence TransponderCalibration · USNA ANDE-MAASpace science · USAF STP ANDE-FCalCalibration · USAF STP

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111497202 (CC0).