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FalconSat 6
Satellite. FalconSat 6 was launched on December 3, 2018 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2018-099BKNORAD 43815United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- FalconSat 6
- International designator
- 2018-099BK
- NORAD catalog number
- 43815
- GCAT identifier
- S43815
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/924
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Falconsat
- Owner
- USAF SMC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- United States Air Force Academy
- Platform (bus)
- Falconsat
Launch
- Date
- December 3, 2018 · 18:34 UTC
- Launch record
- 2018-099Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 572 km
- Apogee
- 592 km
- Inclination
- 97.77°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- September 2022
Size
- Mass
- 181 kg
- Dry mass
- 181 kg
- Length
- 0.8 m
- Diameter
- 0.40 m
- Span
- 4.0 m
Launched together
Elysium Star 2Technology · Spaceflight IndSTPSat-5Technology · USAF STPFox-1CliffTechnology · AMSAT-NAOrbital ReflectorTechnology · Nevada Mus ArtMOVE-IITechnology · Exseed SpaceEnochTechnology · LACMAIRVINE02Calibration · SPAWARMOVE-IITechnology · TU MunchenITASat-1Technology · ITAKazSciSatTechnology · Ghalam LLP
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q96757681 (CC0).