25398 - WESTPAC

Formerly known as WPLTN-1, Westpac was an Australian geodetic satellite for the joint venture between Australia's Electro Optics and the Russian Space Agency. It was spherical in shape with laser reflectors. It served as a target for the Western Pacific Laser Tracking Network.

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 1998-07-10
Launch Vehicle: Zenit 2
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan
Mass: 24.0 kg