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AztechSat-1

AztechSat-1 was launched on December 5, 2019 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Dec 10, 2021).

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Identity

Name in GCAT
AztechSat 1
Common name
AztechSat-1
Payload designation
AztechSat-1
International designator
1998-067RE
NORAD catalog number
45261
GCAT identifier
S45261
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/932

Mission

Mission type
Communications
Use
Amateur / academic
Program
Puebla
Owner
UPAEP
Country
Mexico
Builder
Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla
Platform (bus)
Cubesat 1U

Launch

Date
December 5, 2019 · 17:29 UTC
Launch record
2019-083Success
Rocket
Falcon 9
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
408 km
Apogee
425 km
Inclination
51.65°
Status
Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date
December 10, 2021
Last known active
Dec 5, 2019
End of operations
2021

Size

Mass
1 kg
Dry mass
1 kg
Length
0.1 m
Diameter
0.10 m
Span
0.1 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q97082062 (CC0).