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FalconSat 1
FalconSat 1 was launched on January 27, 2000 aboard a Minotaur I from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2000-004DNORAD 26064United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Falconsat-1
- Common name
- FalconSat 1
- Payload designation
- Falconsat
- Other names
- STP S99-2:PN
- International designator
- 2000-004D
- NORAD catalog number
- 26064
- GCAT identifier
- S26064
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/379
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Falconsat
- Owner
- USAF Academy
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- United States Air Force Academy
- Platform (bus)
- Falconsat
Launch
- Date
- January 27, 2000 · 03:03 UTC
- Launch record
- 2000-004Success
- Rocket
- Minotaur I
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC8
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 750 km
- Apogee
- 806 km
- Inclination
- 100.23°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2000
- End of operations
- Feb 27, 2000
Size
- Mass
- 15 kg
- Dry mass
- 15 kg
- Length
- 0.6 m
- Diameter
- 0.30 m
- Span
- 0.6 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q3803473 (CC0).