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OAST Flyer
American technology satellite flown during STS-72. OAST Flyer was launched on January 11, 1996 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: attached to another object (Jan 14, 1996).
COSPAR 1996-001BNORAD 23763United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OAST-Flyer
- Common name
- OAST Flyer
- Payload designation
- SPTN-206
- Other names
- Spartan 206
- International designator
- 1996-001B
- NORAD catalog number
- 23763
- GCAT identifier
- S23763
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/310
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology, Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Spartan
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Platform (bus)
- SPTN-200
Launch
- Date
- January 11, 1996 · 09:41 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-001Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 303 km
- Apogee
- 311 km
- Inclination
- 28.45°
- Status
- Attached to another object
- Status date
- January 14, 1996
- Last known active
- Jan 16, 1996
- End of operations
- Jan 16, 1996
Size
- Mass
- 1,198 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,198 kg
- Length
- 1.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.00 m
- Span
- 1.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q21406044 (CC0).