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BOTAN
Former Japanese satellite. BOTAN was launched on September 14, 2025 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Apr 19, 2026).
COSPAR 1998-067XRNORAD 65943Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- BOTAN
- International designator
- 1998-067XR
- NORAD catalog number
- 65943
- GCAT identifier
- S65943
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- Chiba
- Owner
- Chiba kogyu
- Country
- Japan
- Builder
- Chiba Institute of Technology
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 1U
Launch
- Date
- September 14, 2025 · 22:11 UTC
- Launch record
- 2025-208Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 412 km
- Apogee
- 417 km
- Inclination
- 51.63°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- April 19, 2026
- Last known active
- Feb 27, 2026
- End of operations
- Feb 27, 2026
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 Q138581506 (CC0).