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SkyCube

Crowd-funded satellite project. SkyCube was launched on January 9, 2014 aboard a Antares 120 from Wallops. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jul 28, 2014).

COSPAR 1998-067ENNORAD 39569Lithuania

Identity

Name in GCAT: LituanicaSAT-1
Common name: SkyCube
Other names: LO-78,LituanicaSat-Oscar-78
International designator: 1998-067EN
NORAD catalog number: 39569
GCAT identifier: S39569
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/718

Mission

Mission type: Technology
Use: Amateur / academic
Program: Vilnius
Owner: Vilnius U
Country: Lithuania
Builder: Vilnius University
Platform (bus): Cubesat 1U

Launch

Date: January 9, 2014 · 18:07 UTC
Launch record: 2014-003Success
Rocket: Antares 120
Spaceport: Wallops · pad Pad 0A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 408 km
Apogee: 415 km
Inclination: 51.65°
Status: Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date: July 28, 2014
Last known active: Jul 19, 2014
End of operations: Jul 28, 2014

Size

Mass: 1 kg
Dry mass: 1 kg
Length: 0.1 m
Diameter: 0.10 m
Span: 0.1 m

Launched together

Cygnus CRS Orb-1Human spaceflight · OSC UAPSat-1Optical imaging · U. Alas Peruanas LitSat-1Optical imaging · Planet Labs Lituanica SAT-1Optical imaging · Planet Labs

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q15911996 (CC0).