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Chasqui I

Nanosatellite, first to be hand-deployed. Chasqui I was launched on February 5, 2014 aboard a Soyuz-U-PVB from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: transferred to another vehicle (Feb 6, 2014).

COSPAR 1998-067ETNORAD 40117Peru

Identity

Name in GCAT
Chasqui 1
Common name
Chasqui I
Other names
NS-1,RS2S
International designator
1998-067ET
NORAD catalog number
40117
GCAT identifier
S40117
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/761

Mission

Mission type
Technology
Use
Amateur / academic
Program
NUE
Owner
UNI Peru
Country
Peru
Builder
Southwest State University
Platform (bus)
Cubesat 1U

Launch

Date
February 5, 2014 · 16:23 UTC
Launch record
2014-005Success
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC1

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
412 km
Apogee
419 km
Inclination
51.64°
Status
Transferred to another vehicle
Status date
February 6, 2014
Last known active
February 2014
End of operations
January 2015

Size

Mass
1 kg
Dry mass
1 kg
Length
0.1 m
Diameter
0.10 m
Span
0.1 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q5087403 (CC0).