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ORFEUS-SPAS I
Free-flying observatory carried on Space Shuttle mission STS-51. ORFEUS-SPAS I was launched on September 12, 1993 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: attached to another object (Sep 13, 1993).
COSPAR 1993-058CNORAD 22798Germany
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ORFEUS-SPAS
- Common name
- ORFEUS-SPAS I
- Payload designation
- ASTRO-SPAS
- International designator
- 1993-058C
- NORAD catalog number
- 22798
- GCAT identifier
- S22798
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/396
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ASTRO-SPAS
- Owner
- DARA
- Country
- Germany
- Builder
- Deutsche Aerospace AG (DASA)-Ottobrunn
- Platform (bus)
- ASTRO-SPAS
Launch
- Date
- September 12, 1993 · 11:45 UTC
- Launch record
- 1993-058Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 266 km
- Apogee
- 342 km
- Inclination
- 28.46°
- Status
- Attached to another object
- Status date
- September 13, 1993
- Last known active
- Sep 19, 1993
- End of operations
- Sep 19, 1993
Size
- Mass
- 3,321 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,207 kg
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Diameter
- 4.50 m
- Span
- 4.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111499233 (CC0).