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Midcourse Space Experiment
Space observatory. Midcourse Space Experiment was launched on April 24, 1996 aboard a Delta 7920-10 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1996-024ANORAD 23851United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- MSX
- Common name
- Midcourse Space Experiment
- International designator
- 1996-024A
- NORAD catalog number
- 23851
- GCAT identifier
- S23851
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/319
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology, Astronomy
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- SDIO Delta
- Owner
- BMDO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Platform (bus)
- MSX
Launch
- Date
- April 24, 1996 · 12:27 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-024Success
- Rocket
- Delta 7920-10
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC2W
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 896 km
- Apogee
- 906 km
- Inclination
- 99.38°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- May 2006
- End of operations
- Jun 2, 2008
Size
- Mass
- 2,782 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,704 kg
- Length
- 5.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.80 m
- Span
- 5.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q970807 (CC0).