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Quetzal 1
Guatemalan Satellite. Quetzal 1 was launched on March 7, 2020 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Mar 1, 2022).
COSPAR 1998-067RLNORAD 45598Guatemala
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Quetzal-1
- Common name
- Quetzal 1
- Payload designation
- Guatesat 1
- International designator
- 1998-067RL
- NORAD catalog number
- 45598
- GCAT identifier
- S45598
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.440
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- UVG
- Owner
- UVG
- Country
- Guatemala
- Builder
- Kyushu Instiute of Technology
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 1U
Launch
- Date
- March 7, 2020 · 04:50 UTC
- Launch record
- 2020-016Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 415 km
- Apogee
- 419 km
- Inclination
- 51.65°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- March 1, 2022
- Last known active
- Nov 24, 2020
- End of operations
- Nov 24, 2020
Size
- Mass
- 1 kg
- Dry mass
- 1 kg
- Length
- 0.1 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.1 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q56377834 (CC0).