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PICASSO
European CubeSat for atmospheric science. PICASSO was launched on September 3, 2020 aboard a Vega from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Apr 9, 2024).
COSPAR 2020-061KNORAD 46281Belgium
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- PICASSO
- International designator
- 2020-061K
- NORAD catalog number
- 46281
- GCAT identifier
- S46281
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/949
Mission
- Mission type
- Earth science, Space science
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- IASB
- Owner
- IASB
- Country
- Belgium
- Builder
- BIRA-IASB Institut d'Aeronomie Spatiale de Belgique
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 3U
Launch
- Date
- September 3, 2020 · 01:51 UTC
- Launch record
- 2020-061Success
- Rocket
- Vega
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ZLV
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 534 km
- Apogee
- 536 km
- Inclination
- 97.52°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- April 9, 2024
- Last known active
- February 2023
- End of operations
- March 2024
Size
- Mass
- 4 kg
- Dry mass
- 4 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q136684255 (CC0).