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NuSTAR
NASA X-ray space observatory. NuSTAR was launched on June 13, 2012 aboard a Pegasus XL from Kwajalein. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2012-031ANORAD 38358United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- NuSTAR
- International designator
- 2012-031A
- NORAD catalog number
- 38358
- GCAT identifier
- S38358
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/667
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- SMEX
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Platform (bus)
- Leostar-2
Launch
- Date
- June 13, 2012 · 16:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 2012-031Success
- Rocket
- Pegasus XL
- Spaceport
- Kwajalein · pad RW06/24
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/E
- Perigee
- 614 km
- Apogee
- 633 km
- Inclination
- 6.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 10, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 360 kg
- Dry mass
- 360 kg
- Length
- 1.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.10 m
- Span
- 11.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q163922 (CC0).