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Cygnus Mass Simulator
Boilerplate payload launched April 21, 2013 on the maiden flight of Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket. Cygnus Mass Simulator was launched on April 21, 2013 aboard a Antares 110 from Wallops. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Apr 27, 2013).
COSPAR 2013-016ANORAD 39142United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Bell
- Common name
- Cygnus Mass Simulator
- Payload designation
- TES-2/PhoneSat 1.0 V1B
- Other names
- TechEdSat-2
- International designator
- 2013-016A
- NORAD catalog number
- 39142
- GCAT identifier
- S39142
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/725
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Phonesat
- Owner
- ARC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 1U
Launch
- Date
- April 21, 2013 · 21:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 2013-016Success
- Rocket
- Antares 110
- Spaceport
- Wallops · pad Pad 0A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 218 km
- Apogee
- 228 km
- Inclination
- 51.64°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- April 27, 2013
- Last known active
- Apr 27, 2013
- End of operations
- Apr 27, 2013
Size
- Mass
- 1 kg
- Dry mass
- 1 kg
- Length
- 0.1 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.1 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q11835699 (CC0).