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PicoSAT-9
26930. PicoSAT-9 was launched on September 30, 2001 aboard a Athena-1 from Kodiak. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2001-043BNORAD 26930United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Picosat
- Common name
- PicoSAT-9
- Payload designation
- STP P97-1
- Other names
- Picosat 9
- International designator
- 2001-043B
- NORAD catalog number
- 26930
- GCAT identifier
- S26930
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/404
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- STP1
- Owner
- USAF SMC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd
- Platform (bus)
- UoSAT MS-70
Launch
- Date
- September 30, 2001 · 02:40 UTC
- Launch record
- 2001-043Success
- Rocket
- Athena-1
- Spaceport
- Kodiak · pad LP1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 789 km
- Apogee
- 799 km
- Inclination
- 67.00°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- December 2004
- End of operations
- December 2004
Size
- Mass
- 68 kg
- Dry mass
- 68 kg
- Length
- 0.7 m
- Diameter
- 0.40 m
- Span
- 6.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q7191001 (CC0).