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CFESat

US Department of Energy space-based atmospheric observatory. CFESat was launched on March 9, 2007 aboard a Atlas V 401 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Nov 12, 2022).

COSPAR 2007-006FNORAD 30777United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: CFESat
Other names: STP-1:PN
International designator: 2007-006F
NORAD catalog number: 30777
GCAT identifier: S30777
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/524

Mission

Mission type: Technology
Use: Defense
Program: STP2
Owner: USAF SMC
Country: United States
Builder: Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd
Platform (bus): SSTL-150?

Launch

Date: March 9, 2007 · 03:10 UTC
Launch record: 2007-006Success
Rocket: Atlas V 401
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 551 km
Apogee: 565 km
Inclination: 35.43°
Status: Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date: November 12, 2022
Last known active: March 2015
End of operations: March 2015

Size

Mass: 160 kg
Dry mass: 160 kg
Length: 1.0 m
Diameter: 0.60 m
Span: 6.0 m

Launched together

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Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q5010611 (CC0).