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SPARTAN 207

Platform deployed by STS-77 to launch the Inflatable Antenna Experiment. SPARTAN 207 was launched on May 19, 1996 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: attached to another object (May 20, 1996).

COSPAR 1996-032BNORAD 23871United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Spartan 207
Common name
SPARTAN 207
Payload designation
SPTN-207-IAE
International designator
1996-032B
NORAD catalog number
23871
GCAT identifier
S23871
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/319

Mission

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

Launch

Date
May 19, 1996 · 10:30 UTC
Launch record
1996-032Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
281 km
Apogee
294 km
Inclination
39.02°
Status
Attached to another object
Status date
May 20, 1996
Last known active
May 21, 1996
End of operations
May 21, 1996

Size

Mass
846 kg
Dry mass
846 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 Q111858874 (CC0).