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SIMBA
European climatology CubeSat satellite. SIMBA was launched on September 3, 2020 aboard a Vega from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Aug 14, 2024).
COSPAR 2020-061HNORAD 46279Belgium
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SIMBA
- International designator
- 2020-061H
- NORAD catalog number
- 46279
- GCAT identifier
- S46279
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/949
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- RMI
- Owner
- IRMB
- Country
- Belgium
- Builder
- Royal Meteorological Inst. of Belgium
- 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
- August 14, 2024
- Last known active
- February 2023
- End of operations
- June 2024
Size
- Mass
- 4 kg
- Dry mass
- 4 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.6 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q136650023 (CC0).