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MicroHETsat
European technology demonstration satellite. MicroHETsat was launched on December 1, 2023 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2023-185ENORAD 58466Italy
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- uHETsat
- Common name
- MicroHETsat
- International designator
- 2023-185E
- NORAD catalog number
- 58466
- GCAT identifier
- S58466
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- SITAEL
- Owner
- SITAEL SpA
- Country
- Italy
- Builder
- SITAEL SpA.
- Platform (bus)
- S-50
Launch
- Date
- December 1, 2023 · 18:19 UTC
- Launch record
- 2023-185Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 509 km
- Apogee
- 524 km
- Inclination
- 97.45°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Dec 1, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 70 kg
- Dry mass
- 70 kg
- Length
- 0.7 m
- Diameter
- 0.40 m
- Span
- 0.7 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q138011230 (CC0).