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SPARTAN 201-03

American solar observatory flown during STS-69. SPARTAN 201-03 was launched on September 7, 1995 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: attached to another object (Sep 8, 1995).

COSPAR 1995-048BNORAD 23668United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Spartan 201
Common name
SPARTAN 201-03
Payload designation
SPTN-201
International designator
1995-048B
NORAD catalog number
23668
GCAT identifier
S23668
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/301

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 7, 1995 · 15:09 UTC
Launch record
1995-048Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
369 km
Apogee
382 km
Inclination
28.47°
Status
Attached to another object
Status date
September 8, 1995
Last known active
Sep 10, 1995
End of operations
Sep 10, 1995

Size

Mass
1,290 kg
Dry mass
1,290 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 Q113148949 (CC0).