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STEP Cube Lab
Former South Korean CubeSat. STEP Cube Lab was launched on January 12, 2018 aboard a PSLV-XL from Sriharikota. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 23, 2023).
COSPAR 2018-004ADNORAD 43138South Korea
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- STEP Cube Lab
- International designator
- 2018-004AD
- NORAD catalog number
- 43138
- GCAT identifier
- S43138
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/860
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- Chosun
- Owner
- Chosun U
- Country
- South Korea
- Builder
- Chosun University
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 1U
Launch
- Date
- January 12, 2018 · 03:59 UTC
- Launch record
- 2018-004Success
- Rocket
- PSLV-XL
- Spaceport
- Sriharikota · pad FLP
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 492 km
- Apogee
- 506 km
- Inclination
- 97.56°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- May 23, 2023
- Last known active
- February 2023
- End of operations
- May 2023
Size
- Mass
- 1 kg
- Dry mass
- 1 kg
- Length
- 0.1 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.1 m
Launched together
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Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111471043 (CC0).