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EduSAT

Italian microsatellite. EduSAT was launched on August 17, 2011 aboard a Dnepr from Yasny. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 2011-044ANORAD 37788Italy

Identity

Name in GCAT
Edusat
Common name
EduSAT
Payload designation
Edusat-ASI
International designator
2011-044A
NORAD catalog number
37788
GCAT identifier
S37788
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/634

Mission

Mission type
Technology, Optical imaging
Use
Civil government
Program
Edusat-ASI
Owner
ASI
Country
Italy
Builder
Group of Astrodynamics for the Use of Space Systems, GAUSS SrI
Platform (bus)
Edusat

Launch

Date
August 17, 2011 · 07:12 UTC
Launch record
2011-044Success
Rocket
Dnepr
Spaceport
Yasny · pad Sh370/13

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/S
Perigee
640 km
Apogee
697 km
Inclination
98.26°
Status
In orbit
Last known active
2012
End of operations
2010

Size

Mass
10 kg
Dry mass
10 kg
Length
0.2 m
Diameter
0.30 m
Span
0.3 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q15261005 (CC0).