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BGUSAT
Ben Gurion University cubesat, technology demonstration and atmospheric sensing. BGUSAT was launched on February 15, 2017 aboard a PSLV-XL from Sriharikota. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Feb 24, 2023).
COSPAR 2017-008BDNORAD 41999Israel
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- NegevSat
- Common name
- BGUSAT
- Payload designation
- BGUSat
- International designator
- 2017-008BD
- NORAD catalog number
- 41999
- GCAT identifier
- S41999
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- BGU
- Owner
- Ben-Gurion U.
- Country
- Israel
- Builder
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 3U
Launch
- Date
- February 15, 2017 · 03:58 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-008Success
- Rocket
- PSLV-XL
- Spaceport
- Sriharikota · pad FLP
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 496 km
- Apogee
- 506 km
- Inclination
- 97.51°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- February 24, 2023
- Last known active
- September 2017
- End of operations
- 2018
Size
- Mass
- 4 kg
- Dry mass
- 4 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q28674787 (CC0).