Spacecraft n°: |
USA satellite n°: |
Also called USA 26 or DMSP 19543
Launch data:
| Designation
|
18123
/ 87053A
|
| Launch date | 20 Jun 1987 - 02:34 UT |
| Launch site | Va, SLC-3W |
| Launch vehicle |
Atlas-E/Star-37S-ISS
|
| Mission
|
Military: meteorology
|
| Orbit:
|
Sunsync |
|
Perigee/Apogee
|
828/848
km
|
|
Inclination
|
98.8°
|
|
Period
|
101.7
min
|
|
Mass
at launch
|
822
kg
|
Must detect tropical cyclones and evaluate the intensity of storms.
Spacecraft data:
| Prime contractor | LM Asqtro Space |
| Platform | based on Tiros N bus |
| Operator | |
| Mass at launch | 750 kg? |
| Dry Mass | kg |
| Basic shape | |
| Dimension (m) | dia: 1.68m, height: 6.4m |
| Solar array | |
| Stabilization | |
| DC power | |
| Design lifetime | |
Ref: #15 - update: 20.06.08