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SOMP 2b
German technology demonstration and amateur radio satellite. SOMP 2b was launched on January 24, 2021 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Nov 19, 2024).
COSPAR 2021-006AJNORAD 47445Germany
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SOMP 2b
- International designator
- 2021-006AJ
- NORAD catalog number
- 47445
- GCAT identifier
- S47445
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1023
Mission
- Mission type
- Earth science
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- TUD
- Owner
- TU Dresden
- Country
- Germany
- Builder
- Dresden University of Technology
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 2U
Launch
- Date
- January 24, 2021 · 15:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 2021-006Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 522 km
- Apogee
- 535 km
- Inclination
- 97.52°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- November 19, 2024
- Last known active
- March 2023
- End of operations
- October 2024
Size
- Mass
- 2 kg
- Dry mass
- 2 kg
- Length
- 0.2 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.2 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q113633884 (CC0).