AggieSat4

Failed American microsatellite. AggieSat4 was launched on December 6, 2015 aboard a Atlas V 401 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: transferred to another vehicle (Jan 28, 2016).

COSPAR 1998-067HPNORAD 41313United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: AggieSat-4
Common name: AggieSat4
Payload designation: AggieSat-4/LONESTAR 2
International designator: 1998-067HP
NORAD catalog number: 41313
GCAT identifier: S41313
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/800

Mission

Mission type: Technology
Use: Amateur / academic
Program: TAMU
Owner: Texas A&M
Country: United States
Builder: Texas A&M University
Platform (bus): LONESTAR

Launch

Date: December 6, 2015 · 21:44 UTC
Launch record: 2015-072Success
Rocket: Atlas V 401
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 399 km
Apogee: 408 km
Inclination: 51.64°
Status: Transferred to another vehicle
Status date: January 28, 2016
Last known active: February 2016
End of operations: March 2018

Size

Mass: 51 kg
Dry mass: 51 kg
Length: 0.8 m
Diameter: 0.40 m
Span: 0.8 m

Launched together

Cygnus CRS OA-4Human spaceflight · OATK SSG Bevo-2Technology · UT Austin Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer CubeSat (MinXSS)Astronomy · CU-LASP

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111471455 (CC0).