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OSCAR 23
Navigation satellite. OSCAR 23 was launched on April 26, 1988 aboard a Scout G-1 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1988-033ANORAD 19070United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- NNS 30230-12
- Common name
- OSCAR 23
- Payload designation
- NNS O-23
- International designator
- 1988-033A
- NORAD catalog number
- 19070
- GCAT identifier
- S19070
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/196
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- NNS R
- Owner
- USN NAVAIR
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- GE Astro Space, East Windsor
- Platform (bus)
- Transit 5
Launch
- Date
- April 26, 1988 · 01:57 UTC
- Launch record
- 1988-033Success
- Rocket
- Scout G-1
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC5
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/P
- Perigee
- 1,017 km
- Apogee
- 1,307 km
- Inclination
- 90.36°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- May 2010
- End of operations
- Dec 31, 1996
Size
- Mass
- 66 kg
- Dry mass
- 66 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 30.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111500799 (CC0).