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Space Travelling Egg-Controlled Catadioptric Object

Space Travelling Egg-Controlled Catadioptric Object was launched on March 22, 2021 aboard a Soyuz-2-1A from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Aug 15, 2024).

COSPAR 2021-022AGNORAD 47962Italy

Identity

Name in GCAT
STECCO
Common name
Space Travelling Egg-Controlled Catadioptric Object
International designator
2021-022AG
NORAD catalog number
47962
GCAT identifier
S47962
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/1228

Mission

Mission type
Calibration
Use
Amateur / academic
Program
ROSAP
Owner
Roma La Sapienza
Country
Italy
Builder
Universita di Roma la Sapienaza (Scoula di Ingengneria Aerospaziale)
Platform (bus)
PocketQub 6P

Launch

Date
March 22, 2021 · 06:07 UTC
Launch record
2021-022Success
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC31

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/S
Perigee
535 km
Apogee
564 km
Inclination
97.56°
Status
Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date
August 15, 2024
Last known active
February 2023
End of operations
June 2024

Size

Mass
1 kg
Dry mass
1 kg
Length
0.3 m
Diameter
0.05 m
Span
0.3 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q115563191 (CC0).