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ASTERIA
CubeSat testing technologies for the detection of exoplanets. ASTERIA was launched on August 14, 2017 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Apr 24, 2020).
COSPAR 1998-067NHNORAD 43020United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ASTERIA
- International designator
- 1998-067NH
- NORAD catalog number
- 43020
- GCAT identifier
- S43020
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/877
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology, Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- JPL Cube
- Owner
- JPL
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Jet Propulsion Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 6U
Launch
- Date
- August 14, 2017 · 16:31 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-045Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 400 km
- Apogee
- 405 km
- Inclination
- 51.64°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- April 24, 2020
- Last known active
- Dec 5, 2019
- End of operations
- Dec 5, 2019
Size
- Mass
- 12 kg
- Dry mass
- 12 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.20 m
- Span
- 0.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q46259364 (CC0).