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ION-MK01
ION-MK01 was launched on September 3, 2020 aboard a Vega from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Apr 19, 2026).
COSPAR 2020-061CNORAD 46274Italy
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ION SCV001 LUCAS
- Common name
- ION-MK01
- Payload designation
- ION-SVC001
- Other names
- ION Origin
- International designator
- 2020-061C
- NORAD catalog number
- 46274
- GCAT identifier
- S46274
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- DORBIT
- Owner
- D-ORBIT
- Country
- Italy
- Builder
- D-ORBIT
- Platform (bus)
- ION-SC
Launch
- Date
- September 3, 2020 · 01:51 UTC
- Launch record
- 2020-061Success
- Rocket
- Vega
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ZLV
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 517 km
- Apogee
- 517 km
- Inclination
- 97.46°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- April 19, 2026
- Last known active
- February 2023
- End of operations
- July 2023
Size
- Mass
- 150 kg
- Dry mass
- 150 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 220 kg
- Length
- 0.4 m
- Diameter
- 0.40 m
- Span
- 0.4 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q122733618 (CC0).