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TUBSAT-1
TUBSAT-1 was launched on July 17, 1991 aboard a Ariane 40 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1991-050DNORAD 21577Germany
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- TUBSAT-1
- Payload designation
- Tubsat A
- International designator
- 1991-050D
- NORAD catalog number
- 21577
- GCAT identifier
- S21577
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/396
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- Tubsat
- Owner
- TUB
- Country
- Germany
- Builder
- Technical University of Berlin
- Platform (bus)
- Tubsat
Launch
- Date
- July 17, 1991 · 01:46 UTC
- Launch record
- 1991-050Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 40
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 765 km
- Apogee
- 777 km
- Inclination
- 98.54°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 2007
- End of operations
- 2007
Size
- Mass
- 35 kg
- Dry mass
- 35 kg
- Length
- 0.5 m
- Diameter
- 0.40 m
- Span
- 1.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1559189 (CC0).