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Italy-OSCAR 117
Italian astrobiology and amateur radio CubeSat. Italy-OSCAR 117 was launched on July 13, 2022 aboard a Vega C from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2022-080BNORAD 53106Italy
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Italy-OSCAR 117
- Payload designation
- GreenCube
- Other names
- IO-117
- International designator
- 2022-080B
- NORAD catalog number
- 53106
- GCAT identifier
- S53106
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1228
Mission
- Mission type
- Biology, Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ROSAP
- Owner
- ENEA
- Country
- Italy
- Builder
- Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Environment
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 3U
Launch
- Date
- July 13, 2022 · 13:13 UTC
- Launch record
- 2022-080Success
- Rocket
- Vega C
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ZLV
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 5,832 km
- Apogee
- 5,853 km
- Inclination
- 70.16°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- March 2023
Size
- Mass
- 4 kg
- Dry mass
- 4 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q115329403 (CC0).