// space science · 2025

EZIE-A

NASA CubeSat which studies the auroral electrojets. EZIE-A was launched on March 15, 2025 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 2025-052APNORAD 63247United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: EZIE-A
Payload designation: EZIE 1
International designator: 2025-052AP
NORAD catalog number: 63247
GCAT identifier: S63247
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/1302

Mission

Mission type: Space science
Use: Civil government
Program: APL Cube
Owner: APL
Country: United States
Builder: JHU-Applied Physics Lab
Platform (bus): Cubesat 6U

Launch

Date: March 15, 2025 · 06:43 UTC
Launch record: 2025-052Success
Rocket: Falcon 9
Spaceport: Vandenberg · pad SLC4E

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/S
Perigee: 591 km
Apogee: 593 km
Inclination: 97.74°
Status: In orbit
Last known active: Mar 15, 2025

Size

Mass: 10 kg
Dry mass: 10 kg
Length: 0.3 m
Diameter: 0.10 m
Span: 0.3 m

Launched together

BOTSAT-1Communications · Tel Aviv U.W-Series 3Technology · Varda Space SpaceEye-TOptical imaging · SatRec Initiative EZIE-CSpace science · APL EZIE-BSpace science · APL YAM-8Technology · Loft Orbital FireSat 0Optical imaging · Muon Space HADES-ICMCommunications · Hydra Space

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q133512931 (CC0).