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SSETI Express Satellite
European student spacecraft. SSETI Express Satellite was launched on October 27, 2005 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2005-043ENORAD 28894European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Express-OSCAR-53
- Common name
- SSETI Express Satellite
- Payload designation
- SSETI Express
- Other names
- XO-53
- International designator
- 2005-043E
- NORAD catalog number
- 28894
- GCAT identifier
- S28894
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/490
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ESA Tech
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- ESTEC
- Platform (bus)
- SSETI
Launch
- Date
- October 27, 2005 · 06:52 UTC
- Launch record
- 2005-043Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 682 km
- Apogee
- 708 km
- Inclination
- 98.18°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Oct 27, 2005
- End of operations
- Oct 27, 2005
Size
- Mass
- 77 kg
- Dry mass
- 77 kg
- Length
- 1.0 m
- Diameter
- 0.60 m
- Span
- 1.8 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2207857 (CC0).