TECHEDSAT 5

Satellite. TECHEDSAT 5 was launched on December 9, 2016 aboard a H-IIB from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jul 29, 2017).

COSPAR 1998-067LBNORAD 42066United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: TechEdSat-5
Common name: TECHEDSAT 5
Payload designation: TES-5
International designator: 1998-067LB
NORAD catalog number: 42066
GCAT identifier: S42066
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/803

Mission

Mission type: Technology
Use: Civil government
Program: TES
Owner: ARC
Country: United States
Builder: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
Platform (bus): Cubesat 3U

Launch

Date: December 9, 2016 · 13:26 UTC
Launch record: 2016-076Success
Rocket: H-IIB
Spaceport: Tanegashima · pad Y2

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 397 km
Apogee: 408 km
Inclination: 51.64°
Status: Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date: July 29, 2017
Last known active: Jul 29, 2017
End of operations: Jun 29, 2017

Size

Mass: 4 kg
Dry mass: 4 kg
Length: 0.3 m
Diameter: 0.10 m
Span: 0.8 m

Launched together

Kounotori 6Human spaceflight · JAXA Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite - CubeTechnology · Shizuoka U Tancredo-1Technology · ETEC ITF-2Technology · Tsukuba U

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111471281 (CC0).