Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
STARE-B (Horus [Space-Based Telescopes for Actionable Refinement of Ephemeris]) |
Country of Operator/Owner |
USA |
Operator/Owner |
National Reconaissance Office |
Users |
Military |
Purpose |
Remote Sensing |
Class of Orbit |
LEO |
Type of Orbit |
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Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
0 |
Perigee (km) |
500 |
Apogee (km) |
506 |
Eccentricity |
0.000436490615451768 |
Inclination (degrees) |
40.5 |
Period (minutes) |
94.6 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
3 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
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Power (watts) |
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Date of Launch |
19-11-2013 |
Expected Lifetime |
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Contractor |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Wallops Island Flight Facility |
Launch Vehicle |
Minotaur 1 |
COSPAR Number |
2013-064G |
NORAD Number |
39386 |
Comments |
Optical sensors to detect orbiting payloads and debris for orbit measurement. |