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EirSat-1
Irish 2U Cubesat. EirSat-1 was launched on December 1, 2023 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Sep 4, 2025).
COSPAR 2023-185LNORAD 58472Ireland
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- EIRSAT-1
- Common name
- EirSat-1
- International designator
- 2023-185L
- NORAD catalog number
- 58472
- GCAT identifier
- S58472
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.460
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- UC Dublin
- Owner
- UC Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Builder
- University College Dublin
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 2U
Launch
- Date
- December 1, 2023 · 18:19 UTC
- Launch record
- 2023-185Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 506 km
- Apogee
- 524 km
- Inclination
- 97.46°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- September 4, 2025
- Last known active
- Dec 1, 2023
- End of operations
- August 2025
Size
- Mass
- 2 kg
- Dry mass
- 2 kg
- Length
- 0.2 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.2 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q30674413 (CC0).