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QARMAN
QubeSat for Aerothermodynamic Research and Measurements on AblatioN. QARMAN was launched on December 5, 2019 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Feb 6, 2022).
COSPAR 1998-067RGNORAD 45263Belgium
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- QARMAN
- Payload designation
- QB50-BE05
- International designator
- 1998-067RG
- NORAD catalog number
- 45263
- GCAT identifier
- S45263
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/930
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- VKI
- Owner
- VKI
- Country
- Belgium
- Builder
- Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 3U
Launch
- Date
- December 5, 2019 · 17:29 UTC
- Launch record
- 2019-083Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 411 km
- Apogee
- 421 km
- Inclination
- 51.64°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- February 6, 2022
- Last known active
- January 2020
- End of operations
- July 2020
Size
- Mass
- 3 kg
- Dry mass
- 3 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111360642 (CC0).