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Launch · COSPAR 1985-109 · 27 Nov 1985

STS 61B

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

Payloads

5

Catalogued objects

8

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

6

Decayed

2

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 · 8

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Payload Payload · 5

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
STS 61B162731985-109ADecayedLEO323 / 385 km28.47°03 Dec 1985—
MORELOS 2162741985-109BUnknownGEO35,965 / 36,009 km14.76°on orbit—
OPTUS A2 (AUSSAT 2)162751985-109CUnknownGEO35,857 / 35,894 km13.30°on orbit—
SATCOM K2162761985-109DUnknownGEO35,925 / 36,025 km14.70°on orbit—
STS 61B OEX TARGET162771985-109EDecayedLEO218 / 225 km28.46°02 Mar 1987—

Rocket body Rocket body · 3

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
MORELOS 2 R/B [PAM-D]162931985-109FInactiveOTHER326 / 34,318 km25.34°on orbit—
OPTUS A2 R/B [PAM-D]162941985-109GInactiveOTHER333 / 34,148 km25.80°on orbit—
SATCOM K2 R/B [PAM-D2]162951985-109HInactiveOTHER369 / 33,669 km26.69°on orbit—

Record

Launch record

COSPAR launch id
1985-109
Launch date(SATCAT, UTC)
27 Nov 1985
Launch site
Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida
Site code
AFETR
SatelliteIndex id
lch_01M28X3HYE7HW8YVAWD80EW1YH

Timeline

Events

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1985-109; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.