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BurstCube
NASA CubeSat launched from the International Space Station in 2024. BurstCube was launched on March 21, 2024 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Sep 17, 2024).
COSPAR 1998-067WNNORAD 59562United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- BurstCube
- International designator
- 1998-067WN
- NORAD catalog number
- 59562
- GCAT identifier
- S59562
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1214
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- GSFC Cube
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 6U
Launch
- Date
- March 21, 2024 · 20:55 UTC
- Launch record
- 2024-054Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 409 km
- Apogee
- 416 km
- Inclination
- 51.64°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- September 17, 2024
- Last known active
- Mar 21, 2024
- End of operations
- August 2024
Size
- Mass
- 12 kg
- Dry mass
- 12 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.20 m
- Span
- 1.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q130504120 (CC0).