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TOMS-EP
Decommissioned NASA ozone monitoring satellite. TOMS-EP was launched on July 2, 1996 aboard a Pegasus XL from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1996-037ANORAD 23940United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Earth Probe TOMS
- Common name
- TOMS-EP
- Payload designation
- TOMS-EP
- International designator
- 1996-037A
- NORAD catalog number
- 23940
- GCAT identifier
- S23940
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/322
Mission
- Mission type
- Earth science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Earth Probe
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- TRW Inc. Chantilly
- Platform (bus)
- LEOStar T-200
Launch
- Date
- July 2, 1996 · 07:48 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-037Success
- Rocket
- Pegasus XL
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad RW30/12
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 493 km
- Apogee
- 511 km
- Inclination
- 97.44°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- January 2006
- End of operations
- December 2005
Size
- Mass
- 295 kg
- Dry mass
- 222 kg
- Length
- 1.8 m
- Diameter
- 1.10 m
- Span
- 3.9 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q52375950 (CC0).