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EduSat-1
Nigerian CubeSat. EduSat-1 was launched on June 3, 2017 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 13, 2019).
COSPAR 1998-067MYNORAD 42824Nigeria
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Nigeria EduSat-1
- Common name
- EduSat-1
- Payload designation
- BIRD-N
- International designator
- 1998-067MY
- NORAD catalog number
- 42824
- GCAT identifier
- S42824
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- BIRDS
- Owner
- FUTA
- Country
- Nigeria
- Builder
- Kyushu Instiute of Technology
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 1U
Launch
- Date
- June 3, 2017 · 21:07 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-030Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 396 km
- Apogee
- 410 km
- Inclination
- 51.65°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- May 13, 2019
- Last known active
- February 2018
- End of operations
- May 2019
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 Q33327095 (CC0).