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BOTSAT-1
First satellite of Botswana. BOTSAT-1 was launched on March 15, 2025 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2025-052KNORAD 63219Israel
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tevel 2-5
- Common name
- BOTSAT-1
- International designator
- 2025-052K
- NORAD catalog number
- 63219
- GCAT identifier
- S63219
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- Herzliya
- Owner
- Tel Aviv U.
- Country
- Israel
- Builder
- Israel Space Agency
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 1U
Launch
- Date
- March 15, 2025 · 06:43 UTC
- Launch record
- 2025-052Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 511 km
- Apogee
- 517 km
- Inclination
- 97.45°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Mar 15, 2025
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 Q133501242 (CC0).