// optical imaging · 2023

Menut

Nanosatellite developed by the company Open Cosmos. Menut was launched on January 3, 2023 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 2023-001BNORAD 55010Spain

Identity

Name in GCAT: Menut
Other names: Geneo
International designator: 2023-001B
NORAD catalog number: 55010
GCAT identifier: S55010

Mission

Mission type: Optical imaging
Use: Commercial
Program: OpenCosmos B
Owner: Open Cosmos
Country: Spain
Builder: Open Cosmos/Barcelona
Platform (bus): Cubesat 6U

Launch

Date: January 3, 2023 · 14:55 UTC
Launch record: 2023-001Success
Rocket: Falcon 9
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/S
Perigee: 525 km
Apogee: 538 km
Inclination: 97.50°
Status: In orbit
Last known active: Feb 12, 2023

Size

Mass: 10 kg
Dry mass: 10 kg
Length: 0.3 m
Diameter: 0.20 m
Span: 0.3 m

Launched together

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Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q116021570 (CC0).