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Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment
American microsatellite. Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment was launched on September 13, 2012 aboard a Atlas V 401 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2012-048DNORAD 38761United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- CSSWE
- Common name
- Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment
- Other names
- Elana-VI
- International designator
- 2012-048D
- NORAD catalog number
- 38761
- GCAT identifier
- S38761
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/711
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- UCO
- Owner
- Colorado
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- University of Colorado, Boulder
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 3U
Launch
- Date
- September 13, 2012 · 21:39 UTC
- Launch record
- 2012-048Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 401
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC3E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 472 km
- Apogee
- 777 km
- Inclination
- 64.67°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
- End of operations
- Dec 22, 2014
Size
- Mass
- 4 kg
- Dry mass
- 4 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14273817 (CC0).