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Launch · COSPAR 1983-026 · 04 Apr 1983

STS 6

Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida · US28.49°, -80.57°

Payloads

2

Catalogued objects

4

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

3

Decayed

1

25% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Launch site: Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), FloridaCape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 4

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Payload Payload · 2

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
STS 6139681983-026ADecayedLEO277 / 287 km28.46°09 Apr 1983—
TDRS 1139691983-026BUnknownGEO36,126 / 36,316 km8.54°on orbit—

Rocket body Rocket body · 2

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
IUS R/B(2)139701983-026CInactiveMEO21,970 / 35,426 km4.69°on orbit—
IUS R/B(1)139711983-026DInactiveOTHER304 / 19,409 km25.91°on orbit—

Record

Launch record

COSPAR launch id
1983-026
Launch date(SATCAT, UTC)
04 Apr 1983
Launch site
Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida
Site code
AFETR
SatelliteIndex id
lch_01M28X3HYD5TV2N3GGKNE0F1YG

Timeline

Events

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1983-026; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.