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Capella-9
American synthetic aperture radar satellite. Capella-9 was launched on March 16, 2023 aboard a Electron from Wallops. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Mar 29, 2025).
COSPAR 2023-035CNORAD 55910United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Capella 9
- Common name
- Capella-9
- Payload designation
- Whitney 7
- International designator
- 2023-035C
- NORAD catalog number
- 55910
- GCAT identifier
- S55910
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1117
Mission
- Mission type
- Radar imaging
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Capella
- Owner
- Capella Space
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Capella Space Corp.
- Platform (bus)
- Sequoia
Launch
- Date
- March 16, 2023 · 22:38 UTC
- Launch record
- 2023-035Success
- Rocket
- Electron
- Spaceport
- Wallops · pad Pad 0C
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 597 km
- Apogee
- 602 km
- Inclination
- 44.01°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- March 29, 2025
- Last known active
- Mar 16, 2023
- End of operations
- February 2025
Size
- Mass
- 112 kg
- Dry mass
- 90 kg
- Length
- 0.5 m
- Diameter
- 0.30 m
- Span
- 3.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q124126690 (CC0).