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Orbcomm-OG2 1
Prototype designed to test second generation OG2 satellites. Orbcomm-OG2 1 was launched on October 8, 2012 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Oct 10, 2012).
COSPAR 2012-054BNORAD 38847United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Orbcomm OG2-1
- Common name
- Orbcomm-OG2 1
- International designator
- 2012-054B
- NORAD catalog number
- 38847
- GCAT identifier
- S38847
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/713
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Orbcomm OG2
- Owner
- Orbcomm
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Sierra Nevada Corp. Space Systems (Louisville)
- Platform (bus)
- SN-100A
Launch
- Date
- October 8, 2012 · 00:35 UTC
- Launch record
- 2012-054Partial · 0.85
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 165 km
- Apogee
- 305 km
- Inclination
- 51.64°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- October 10, 2012
- Last known active
- Oct 10, 2012
- End of operations
- Oct 10, 2012
Size
- Mass
- 165 kg
- Dry mass
- 151 kg
- Length
- 0.5 m
- Diameter
- 0.20 m
- Span
- 5.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14083938 (CC0).