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³Cat-1
UPC NanoSat Lab nanosatellite that operated between 2018 and 2023. ³Cat-1 was launched on November 29, 2018 aboard a PSLV from Sriharikota. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Apr 4, 2023).
COSPAR 2018-096KNORAD 43728Spain
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- 3Cat-1
- Common name
- ³Cat-1
- International designator
- 2018-096K
- NORAD catalog number
- 43728
- GCAT identifier
- S43728
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/955
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- UPC
- Owner
- UPC
- Country
- Spain
- Builder
- Polytechnic U. of Catalonia
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 1U
Launch
- Date
- November 29, 2018 · 04:27 UTC
- Launch record
- 2018-096Success
- Rocket
- PSLV
- Spaceport
- Sriharikota · pad FLP
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 470 km
- Apogee
- 499 km
- Inclination
- 97.48°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- April 4, 2023
- Last known active
- Dec 6, 2018
- End of operations
- December 2018
Size
- Mass
- 1 kg
- Dry mass
- 1 kg
- Length
- 0.1 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.1 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q130359764 (CC0).