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TBEX-A
The E-TBEx (Enhanced Tandem Beacon Experiment), formerly TBEx (Tandem Beacon Experiment), consists of a tandem pair of 3U CubeSats. TBEX-A was launched on June 25, 2019 aboard a Falcon Heavy from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Mar 9, 2021).
COSPAR 2019-036TNORAD 44356United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- E-TBEx A
- Common name
- TBEX-A
- Payload designation
- TBEx 1
- International designator
- 2019-036T
- NORAD catalog number
- 44356
- GCAT identifier
- S44356
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/942
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- UMI
- Owner
- UM
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- University of Michigan
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 3U
Launch
- Date
- June 25, 2019 · 06:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 2019-036Success
- Rocket
- Falcon Heavy
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 298 km
- Apogee
- 846 km
- Inclination
- 28.51°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- March 9, 2021
- Last known active
- Aug 27, 2019
- End of operations
- June 2020
Size
- Mass
- 4 kg
- Dry mass
- 4 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.5 m
Launched together
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Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q113275626 (CC0).