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ORFEUS-SPAS II
Free-flying observatory carried on Space Shuttle mission STS-80. ORFEUS-SPAS II was launched on November 19, 1996 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: attached to another object (Nov 20, 1996).
COSPAR 1996-065BNORAD 24661Germany
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ORFEUS-SPAS
- Common name
- ORFEUS-SPAS II
- Payload designation
- ASTRO-SPAS
- International designator
- 1996-065B
- NORAD catalog number
- 24661
- GCAT identifier
- S24661
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/396
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ASTRO-SPAS
- Owner
- DLR
- Country
- Germany
- Builder
- Deutsche Aerospace AG (DASA)-Ottobrunn
- Platform (bus)
- SPAS
Launch
- Date
- November 19, 1996 · 19:55 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-065Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 346 km
- Apogee
- 358 km
- Inclination
- 28.47°
- Status
- Attached to another object
- Status date
- November 20, 1996
- Last known active
- Dec 4, 1996
- End of operations
- Dec 4, 1996
Size
- Mass
- 3,572 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,572 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 Q2007875 (CC0).