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Starshine 3
Amateur radio satellite. Starshine 3 was launched on September 30, 2001 aboard a Athena-1 from Kodiak. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jan 21, 2003).
COSPAR 2001-043ANORAD 26929United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Starshine-OSCAR-43
- Common name
- Starshine 3
- Payload designation
- Starshine 3
- Other names
- SO-43
- International designator
- 2001-043A
- NORAD catalog number
- 26929
- GCAT identifier
- S26929
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/404
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Starshine
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Naval Research Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Starshine
Launch
- Date
- September 30, 2001 · 02:40 UTC
- Launch record
- 2001-043Success
- Rocket
- Athena-1
- Spaceport
- Kodiak · pad LP1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 467 km
- Apogee
- 474 km
- Inclination
- 67.05°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- January 21, 2003
- Last known active
- Jan 9, 2002
- End of operations
- Jan 9, 2002
Size
- Mass
- 90 kg
- Dry mass
- 90 kg
- Length
- 0.9 m
- Diameter
- 0.90 m
- Span
- 0.9 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1480087 (CC0).