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UPSat
First satellite manufactured in Greece. UPSat was launched on April 18, 2017 aboard a Atlas V 401 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Nov 12, 2018).
COSPAR 1998-067LXNORAD 42716Greece
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- UPSat
- Payload designation
- QB50-GR02
- International designator
- 1998-067LX
- NORAD catalog number
- 42716
- GCAT identifier
- S42716
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/808
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- Patras
- Owner
- U Patras
- Country
- Greece
- Builder
- University of Patras
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 2U
Launch
- Date
- April 18, 2017 · 15:11 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-019Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 401
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 399 km
- Apogee
- 407 km
- Inclination
- 51.64°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- November 12, 2018
- Last known active
- March 2018
- End of operations
- November 2018
Size
- Mass
- 2 kg
- Dry mass
- 2 kg
- Length
- 0.2 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.2 m
Launched together
Cygnus CRS OA-7Human spaceflight · OATK SSGHAVELSATSpace science · HAVELSANSOMP 2Space science · TU DresdenSGSatTechnology · Kentucky SpaceCXBN 2Astronomy · MoreheadIceCubeTechnology · GSFCPHOENIXSpace science · NCKUDuchifat 2Space science · HerzliyaDUTHSatSpace science · DUTHLilacSat 1Space science · Harbin
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q25110455 (CC0).