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NACHOS-2
Experimental 3U CubeSat program. NACHOS-2 was launched on July 2, 2022 aboard a LauncherOne from Mojave. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jun 27, 2024).
COSPAR 2022-074BNORAD 52945United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- NACHOS-2
- Common name
- Nano-satellite Atmospheric Chemistry Hyperspectral Observation System
- International designator
- 2022-074B
- NORAD catalog number
- 52945
- GCAT identifier
- S52945
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1079
Mission
- Mission type
- Earth science
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- LANL Sci
- Owner
- LANL
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 3U
Launch
- Date
- July 2, 2022 · 06:53 UTC
- Launch record
- 2022-074Success
- Rocket
- LauncherOne
- Spaceport
- Mojave · pad RW12/30
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 491 km
- Apogee
- 497 km
- Inclination
- 44.98°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- June 27, 2024
- Last known active
- November 2022
- End of operations
- June 2024
Size
- Mass
- 6 kg
- Dry mass
- 6 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 Q113331263 (CC0).