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Pehuensat-1

Amateur radio satellite. Pehuensat-1 was launched on January 10, 2007 aboard a PSLV from Sriharikota. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Jan 16, 2023).

COSPAR 2007-001DNORAD 29712Argentina

Identity

Name in GCAT
Peheunsat-OSCAR-63
Common name
Pehuensat-1
Payload designation
Pehuensat-1
Other names
PO-63
International designator
2007-001D
NORAD catalog number
29712
GCAT identifier
S29712

Mission

Mission type
Communications
Use
Amateur / academic
Program
AMSAT-LU
Owner
AMSAT-LU
Country
Argentina
Builder
Comahue National University
Platform (bus)
Pehuensat

Launch

Date
January 10, 2007 · 03:54 UTC
Launch record
2007-001Success
Rocket
PSLV
Spaceport
Sriharikota · pad FLP

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/S
Perigee
613 km
Apogee
651 km
Inclination
97.89°
Status
Reentered attached to another object
Status date
January 16, 2023
Last known active
2007
End of operations
2007

Size

Mass
6 kg
Dry mass
6 kg
Length
0.1 m
Diameter
0.40 m
Span
0.4 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q11698688 (CC0).