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NEXUS
Cubesat. NEXUS was launched on January 18, 2019 aboard a Epsilon from Uchinoura (Kagoshima). Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Nov 9, 2023).
COSPAR 2019-003FNORAD 43937Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Fuji-OSCAR-99
- Common name
- NEXUS
- Payload designation
- Nexus
- Other names
- FO-99
- International designator
- 2019-003F
- NORAD catalog number
- 43937
- GCAT identifier
- S43937
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/966
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- Nihon
- Owner
- Nihon
- Country
- Japan
- Builder
- Nihon Daigaku
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 1U
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
- 480 km
- Apogee
- 512 km
- Inclination
- 97.30°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- November 9, 2023
- Last known active
- Nov 8, 2023
- End of operations
- Nov 8, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 1 kg
- Dry mass
- 1 kg
- Length
- 0.1 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.1 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q63089346 (CC0).