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LightSail-1
Former solar sail spacecraft demonstrator. LightSail-1 was launched on May 20, 2015 aboard a Atlas V 501 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jun 14, 2015).
COSPAR 2015-025LNORAD 40661United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- LightSail-1
- Payload designation
- LightSail-A
- Other names
- Elana-XI
- International designator
- 2015-025L
- NORAD catalog number
- 40661
- GCAT identifier
- S40661
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/796
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- TPS
- Owner
- PlanSoc
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Ecliptic Enterprises
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 3U
Launch
- Date
- May 20, 2015 · 15:05 UTC
- Launch record
- 2015-025Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 501
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 356 km
- Apogee
- 700 km
- Inclination
- 55.01°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- June 14, 2015
- Last known active
- Jun 10, 2015
- End of operations
- Jun 14, 2015
Size
- Mass
- 4 kg
- Dry mass
- 4 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 5.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q20804089 (CC0).