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Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
NASA orbital observatory which studied Earth's atmosphere, particularly the ozone layer, and which re-entered the atmosphere in 2011. Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite was launched on September 12, 1991 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: attached to another object (Sep 14, 1991).
COSPAR 1991-063BNORAD 21701United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- UARS
- Common name
- Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
- International designator
- 1991-063B
- NORAD catalog number
- 21701
- GCAT identifier
- S21701
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/258
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- UARS
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- GE Missiles and Space Vehicles Division (MSVD)
- Platform (bus)
- MMS
Launch
- Date
- September 12, 1991 · 23:11 UTC
- Launch record
- 1991-063Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 573 km
- Apogee
- 580 km
- Inclination
- 56.98°
- Status
- Attached to another object
- Status date
- September 14, 1991
- Last known active
- Dec 14, 2005
- End of operations
- Dec 14, 2005
Size
- Mass
- 6,526 kg
- Dry mass
- 6,323 kg
- Length
- 10.0 m
- Diameter
- 4.50 m
- Span
- 10.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q534401 (CC0).