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Orbcomm CDS-2
American experimental communications satellite. Orbcomm CDS-2 was launched on April 25, 1993 aboard a Pegasus from Edwards AFB. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit, attached to another object.
COSPAR 1993-026BNORAD 22639United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Orbcomm CDS-2
- Payload designation
- Orbcomm OXP-2
- Other names
- VSUME
- International designator
- 1993-026B
- NORAD catalog number
- 22639
- GCAT identifier
- S22639
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/269
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Orbcomm-X
- Owner
- Orbcomm
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Fairchild Space and Electronics
- Platform (bus)
- ORB-CDS
Launch
- Date
- April 25, 1993 · 13:56 UTC
- Launch record
- 1993-026Success
- Rocket
- Pegasus
- Spaceport
- Edwards AFB · pad RW04/22
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 751 km
- Apogee
- 840 km
- Inclination
- 69.92°
- Status
- In orbit, attached to another object
- Last known active
- April 1993
- End of operations
- Apr 25, 1994
Size
- Mass
- 18 kg
- Dry mass
- 18 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 220 kg
- Length
- 0.2 m
- Diameter
- 0.20 m
- Span
- 0.2 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q140611676 (CC0).