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TSAT
CubeSat developed by Taylor University and the Universidad de Chile to investigate the behavior of the plasma and the ionosphere. TSAT was launched on April 18, 2014 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 28, 2014).
COSPAR 2014-022CNORAD 39682United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- TSAT
- Payload designation
- TestSat-Lite
- Other names
- Elana-V
- International designator
- 2014-022C
- NORAD catalog number
- 39682
- GCAT identifier
- S39682
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/739
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- Taylor
- Owner
- Taylor U.
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Taylor University
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 2U
Launch
- Date
- April 18, 2014 · 19:25 UTC
- Launch record
- 2014-022Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 295 km
- Apogee
- 332 km
- Inclination
- 51.65°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- May 28, 2014
- Last known active
- May 23, 2014
- End of operations
- May 28, 2014
Size
- Mass
- 2 kg
- Dry mass
- 2 kg
- Length
- 0.2 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.2 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18609245 (CC0).