Launch · COSPAR 1991-054 · 02 Aug 1991

STS 43

Name: Launch 1991-054 — STS 43
Start: 1991-08-02
Location: Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

40% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 5

Payload Payload · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
STS 43	21638	1991-054A	Decayed	LEO	298 / 327 km	28.46°	11 Aug 1991	—
TDRS 5	21639	1991-054B	Active	GEO	35,746 / 35,824 km	14.06°	on orbit	—

Rocket body Rocket body · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
IUS R/B(1)	21640	1991-054C	Inactive	OTHER	272 / 26,449 km	26.75°	on orbit	—
IUS R/B(2)	21641	1991-054D	Inactive	GEO	35,619 / 35,922 km	13.71°	on orbit	—

Debris Debris · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
IUS DEB	21642	1991-054E	Decayed	LEO	166 / 1,183 km	26.51°	22 Sept 1992	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1991-054; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.