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MESAT1
American amateur radio satellite. MESAT1 was launched on July 4, 2024 aboard a Firefly Alpha from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2024-125GNORAD 60209United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- MESAT-1
- Common name
- MESAT1
- Other names
- MESAT-OSCAR-122
- International designator
- 2024-125G
- NORAD catalog number
- 60209
- GCAT identifier
- S60209
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- Maine
- Owner
- U Maine
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- University of Maine
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 3U
Launch
- Date
- July 4, 2024 · 04:04 UTC
- Launch record
- 2024-125Success
- Rocket
- Firefly Alpha
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC2W
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 491 km
- Apogee
- 525 km
- Inclination
- 97.32°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Jul 4, 2024
Size
- Mass
- 3 kg
- Dry mass
- 3 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q130461675 (CC0).