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Radiation Belt Storm Probe B

retired

Science ExplorationHEOCOSPAR 2012-046BLaunched 8/30/2012

Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: RBSP A/B
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V 401
Launch Date: 8/30/2012
Last Contact: 7/19/2019

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: HEO
Altitude: 15,633.5 km
Inclination: 9.99 deg
Dry Mass: 611 kg
Total Mass: 667 kg

Payload Classification

Mission Type: Science Exploration
Payload Category: SCI
Payload Class: C

Organizations

Operator: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab

Registry

COSPAR ID: 2012-046B
UN Registration: ST/SG/SER.E/711