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MaqSat-B
Instrumented dummy satellite launched in 1997. MaqSat-B was launched on October 30, 1997 aboard a Ariane 5G from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit, attached to another object.
COSPAR 1997-066BNORAD 25024European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Maqsat-B
- Common name
- MaqSat-B
- International designator
- 1997-066B
- NORAD catalog number
- 25024
- GCAT identifier
- S25024
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/480
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Ari5
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- Kayser-Threde GmbH
- Platform (bus)
- Maqsat-B
Launch
- Date
- October 30, 1997 · 13:43 UTC
- Launch record
- 1997-066Partial · 0.75
- Rocket
- Ariane 5G
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- HEO
- Perigee
- 526 km
- Apogee
- 26,575 km
- Inclination
- 7.84°
- Status
- In orbit, attached to another object
- Last known active
- November 1997
- End of operations
- November 1997
Size
- Mass
- 1,400 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,400 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 3,220 kg
- Length
- 1.1 m
- Diameter
- 2.50 m
- Span
- 2.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111498552 (CC0).