HADES-ICM

Spanish amateur radio satellite. HADES-ICM was launched on March 15, 2025 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 21, 2026).

COSPAR 2025-052BNNORAD 63492Spain

Identity

Name in GCAT: HADES-ICM
Payload designation: icMercury
International designator: 2025-052BN
NORAD catalog number: 63492
GCAT identifier: S63492

Mission

Mission type: Communications
Use: Amateur / academic
Program: AMEA
Owner: Hydra Space
Country: Spain
Builder: Hydra Space
Platform (bus): PQ 1.5P

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: 501 km
Apogee: 516 km
Inclination: 97.44°
Status: Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date: May 21, 2026
Last known active: Mar 15, 2025
End of operations: April 2026

Size

Mass: 0 kg
Dry mass: 0 kg
Length: 0.1 m
Diameter: 0.05 m
Span: 0.1 m

Launched together

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

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q134877778 (CC0).