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Relay Mirror Experiment
Relay Mirror Experiment was launched on February 14, 1990 aboard a Delta 6920-8 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 24, 1992).
COSPAR 1990-015BNORAD 20497United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- RME
- Common name
- Relay Mirror Experiment
- Other names
- USA 52:U
- International designator
- 1990-015B
- NORAD catalog number
- 20497
- GCAT identifier
- S20497
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/250
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- SDIO Delta
- Owner
- SDIO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Ball Aerospace
- Platform (bus)
- RME
Launch
- Date
- February 14, 1990 · 16:15 UTC
- Launch record
- 1990-015Success
- Rocket
- Delta 6920-8
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 450 km
- Apogee
- 470 km
- Inclination
- 43.11°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- May 24, 1992
- Last known active
- April 1991
- End of operations
- April 1991
Size
- Mass
- 1,000 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,000 kg
- Length
- 1.6 m
- Diameter
- 1.60 m
- Span
- 1.6 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q6105036 (CC0).