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FACSAT-2
FACSAT-2 was launched on April 15, 2023 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Oct 27, 2025).
COSPAR 2023-054ADNORAD 56205Colombia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- FACSAT-2 Chiribiquete
- Common name
- FACSAT-2
- Payload designation
- FACSAT-2
- International designator
- 2023-054AD
- NORAD catalog number
- 56205
- GCAT identifier
- S56205
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1176
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- FAC
- Owner
- EMAVI
- Country
- Colombia
- Builder
- GomSpace
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 6U
Launch
- Date
- April 15, 2023 · 06:47 UTC
- Launch record
- 2023-054Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 487 km
- Apogee
- 506 km
- Inclination
- 97.42°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- October 27, 2025
- Last known active
- Apr 15, 2023
- End of operations
- September 2025
Size
- Mass
- 10 kg
- Dry mass
- 10 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.20 m
- Span
- 2.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q120674587 (CC0).