NUDT PhoneSat

40900. NUDT PhoneSat was launched on September 19, 2015 aboard a Chang Zheng 6 from Taiyuan. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Mar 29, 2023).

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Identity

Name in GCAT: Zhineng hao shouji weixing
Common name: NUDT PhoneSat
Payload designation: NUDT-Phone-Sat
Other names: CAS-3I
International designator: 2015-049B
NORAD catalog number: 40900
GCAT identifier: S40900

Mission

Mission type: Technology
Use: Amateur / academic
Program: NUDT
Owner: NUDT Changsha
Country: China
Builder: National University of Defense Technology
Platform (bus): NUDT

Launch

Date: September 19, 2015 · 23:01 UTC
Launch record: 2015-049Success
Rocket: Chang Zheng 6
Spaceport: Taiyuan · pad LC16

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/S
Perigee: 516 km
Apogee: 536 km
Inclination: 97.45°
Status: Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date: March 29, 2023
Last known active: October 2015
End of operations: 2016

Size

Mass: 1 kg
Dry mass: 1 kg
Length: 0.2 m
Diameter: 0.10 m
Span: 0.2 m

Launched together

XW-2ACommunications · CAMSAT Xinyan-2Technology · DFH Shenzhen XY-2CCommunications · CAMSAT XY-2DCommunications · CAMSAT LilacSat 2Communications · Harbin XW-2ECommunications · CAMSAT XW-2FCommunications · CAMSAT XW-2BCommunications · CAMSAT DCBBTechnology · CAMSAT

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q67174945 (CC0).