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SpinSat
Small research satellite operated by the Naval Research Laboratory. SpinSat was launched on September 21, 2014 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: transferred to another vehicle (Sep 24, 2014).
COSPAR 1998-067FLNORAD 40314United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SpinSat
- International designator
- 1998-067FL
- NORAD catalog number
- 40314
- GCAT identifier
- S40314
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/745
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- NRL Cube
- Owner
- NRL
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Naval Research Lab
Launch
- Date
- September 21, 2014 · 05:52 UTC
- Launch record
- 2014-056Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 406 km
- Apogee
- 417 km
- Inclination
- 51.65°
- Status
- Transferred to another vehicle
- Status date
- September 24, 2014
- Last known active
- April 2015
- End of operations
- 2016
Size
- Mass
- 57 kg
- Dry mass
- 57 kg
- Length
- 0.6 m
- Diameter
- 0.56 m
- Span
- 0.6 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q110115547 (CC0).