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Challenge One

Artificial satellite. Challenge One was launched on March 22, 2021 aboard a Soyuz-2-1A from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 6, 2025).

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Identity

Name in GCAT
ChallengeOne
Common name
Challenge One
International designator
2021-022AA
NORAD catalog number
47956
GCAT identifier
S47956
UN registration
A/AC.105/INF.452

Mission

Mission type
Communications
Use
Commercial
Program
Telnet
Owner
Telnet Holding
Country
Tunisia
Builder
RUS Telnet LLC
Platform (bus)
Cubesat 2U

Launch

Date
March 22, 2021 · 06:07 UTC
Launch record
2021-022Success
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC31

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/S
Perigee
535 km
Apogee
564 km
Inclination
97.57°
Status
Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date
May 6, 2025
Last known active
February 2023
End of operations
April 2025

Size

Mass
2 kg
Dry mass
2 kg
Length
0.2 m
Diameter
0.10 m
Span
0.2 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q105992125 (CC0).