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SPARTAN 201-02

American solar observatory flown during STS-64. SPARTAN 201-02 was launched on September 9, 1994 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: attached to another object (Sep 13, 1994).

COSPAR 1994-059BNORAD 23253United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Spartan 201
Common name
SPARTAN 201-02
Payload designation
SPTN-201
International designator
1994-059B
NORAD catalog number
23253
GCAT identifier
S23253
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/278

Mission

Mission type
Astronomy
Use
Civil government
Program
Spartan
Owner
GSFC
Country
United States
Builder
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Platform (bus)
SPTN-200

Launch

Date
September 9, 1994 · 22:22 UTC
Launch record
1994-059Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
252 km
Apogee
265 km
Inclination
57.00°
Status
Attached to another object
Status date
September 13, 1994
Last known active
Sep 15, 1994
End of operations
Sep 15, 1994

Size

Mass
1,288 kg
Dry mass
1,288 kg
Length
2.3 m
Diameter
1.00 m
Span
2.3 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111499026 (CC0).