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STP P78-2
STP P78-2 was launched on January 30, 1979 aboard a Delta 2914 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1979-007ANORAD 11256United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SCATHA
- Common name
- STP P78-2
- Payload designation
- STP P78-2
- International designator
- 1979-007A
- NORAD catalog number
- 11256
- GCAT identifier
- S11256
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/021
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science, Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- STP1
- Owner
- USAF STP
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Martin Marietta
- Platform (bus)
- SCATHA
Launch
- Date
- January 30, 1979 · 21:42 UTC
- Launch record
- 1979-007Success
- Rocket
- Delta 2914
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/NS
- Perigee
- 27,580 km
- Apogee
- 43,212 km
- Inclination
- 7.85°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- May 28, 1991
- End of operations
- May 28, 1991
Size
- Mass
- 357 kg
- Dry mass
- 347 kg
- Length
- 1.8 m
- Diameter
- 1.80 m
- Span
- 101.7 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2205291 (CC0).