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Radar Fence Transponder
Former American amateur radio satellite. Radar Fence Transponder was launched on December 10, 2006 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 30, 2007).
COSPAR 2006-055CNORAD 29661United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Navy-OSCAR-60
- Common name
- Radar Fence Transponder
- Payload designation
- RAFT-1
- Other names
- NO-60
- International designator
- 2006-055C
- NORAD catalog number
- 29661
- GCAT identifier
- S29661
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/514
Mission
- Mission type
- Calibration
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- USNA
- Owner
- USNA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- US Naval Academy
Launch
- Date
- December 10, 2006 · 01:47 UTC
- Launch record
- 2006-055Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 313 km
- Apogee
- 332 km
- Inclination
- 51.65°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- May 30, 2007
- Last known active
- May 30, 2007
- End of operations
- May 30, 2007
Size
- Mass
- 4 kg
- Dry mass
- 4 kg
- Length
- 0.1 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 1.2 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q15261052 (CC0).