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ICUBE-Q
Pakistani and Chinese lunar satellite. ICUBE-Q was launched on May 3, 2024 aboard a Chang Zheng 5 from Wenchang. Latest status in GCAT: left for deep space attached to another object (May 4, 2024).
COSPAR 2024-083CNORAD 59629Pakistan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ICUBE-Q
- Payload designation
- Siyuan-2
- International designator
- 2024-083C
- NORAD catalog number
- 59629
- GCAT identifier
- S59629
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1269
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- PKIST
- Owner
- IST
- Country
- Pakistan
- Builder
- Institute of Space Technology
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 8U?
Launch
- Date
- May 3, 2024 · 09:27 UTC
- Launch record
- 2024-083Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 5
- Spaceport
- Wenchang · pad LC101
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- CLO
- Perigee
- -88 km
- Apogee
- 518,078 km
- Inclination
- 23.04°
- Status
- Left for deep space attached to another object
- Status date
- May 4, 2024
- Last known active
- Jul 2, 2024
- End of operations
- Jul 2, 2024
Size
- Mass
- 7 kg
- Dry mass
- 7 kg
- Length
- 0.2 m
- Diameter
- 0.20 m
- Span
- 0.6 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D01164
- Final central body
- Luna
- Phase start
- May 7, 2024
- Phase outcome
- Released · May 8, 2024
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2024 | Earth | May 7, 2024 | Escaped to another body, attached | Luna |
| May 8, 2024 | Luna | 2025 | Reentered (orbital decay) | — |
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q125759425 (CC0).