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MicroDragon
Vietnamese microsatellite. MicroDragon was launched on January 18, 2019 aboard a Epsilon from Uchinoura (Kagoshima). Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Oct 1, 2024).
COSPAR 2019-003DNORAD 43935Vietnam
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- MicroDragon
- International designator
- 2019-003D
- NORAD catalog number
- 43935
- GCAT identifier
- S43935
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- VNSC
- Owner
- VNSC
- Country
- Vietnam
- Builder
- National Satellite Center, Vietnam Academy of Science and Te
- Platform (bus)
- MicroDragon
Launch
- Date
- January 18, 2019 · 00:50 UTC
- Launch record
- 2019-003Success
- Rocket
- Epsilon
- Spaceport
- Uchinoura (Kagoshima) · pad EP
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 490 km
- Apogee
- 511 km
- Inclination
- 97.30°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- October 1, 2024
- Last known active
- February 2023
- End of operations
- August 2024
Size
- Mass
- 50 kg
- Dry mass
- 50 kg
- Length
- 0.5 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 1.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q65088237 (CC0).