ODERACS 2A

ODERACS 2A was launched on February 3, 1995 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Mar 13, 1996).

COSPAR 1995-004CNORAD 23471United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: ODERACS 2A
Payload designation: ODERACS 6 inch sphere
International designator: 1995-004C
NORAD catalog number: 23471
GCAT identifier: S23471
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/288

Mission

Mission type: Calibration
Use: Civil government
Program: ODERACS
Owner: NASA JSC
Country: United States
Builder: NASA Johnson Space Flight Center
Platform (bus): ODERACS

Launch

Date: February 3, 1995 · 05:22 UTC
Launch record: 1995-004Success
Rocket: Space Shuttle
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 325 km
Apogee: 346 km
Inclination: 51.66°
Status: Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date: March 13, 1996
Last known active: Feb 4, 1995
End of operations: Feb 4, 1995

Size

Mass: 4 kg
Dry mass: 4 kg
Length: 0.1 m
Diameter: 0.10 m
Span: 0.1 m

Launched together

STS-63Human spaceflight · NASA JSC SPARTAN 204Astronomy · NRL ODERACS 2BCalibration · NASA JSC ODERACS 2CCalibration · NASA JSC ODERACS 2DCalibration · NASA JSC ODERACS 2ECalibration · NASA JSC

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q55641292 (CC0).