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W-Series 5
Experimental manufacturing satellite by Varda Space Industries featuring a reentry capsule. W-Series 5 was launched on November 28, 2025 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: deorbited (Jan 29, 2026).
COSPAR 2025-276CKNORAD 66747United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- W-5
- Common name
- W-Series 5
- Payload designation
- W-Series 5
- International designator
- 2025-276CK
- NORAD catalog number
- 66747
- GCAT identifier
- S66747
Mission
- Mission type
- Microgravity
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Varda
- Owner
- Varda Space
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Varda Space Industries
- Platform (bus)
- VW
Launch
- Date
- November 28, 2025 · 18:44 UTC
- Launch record
- 2025-276Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 510 km
- Apogee
- 512 km
- Inclination
- 97.44°
- Status
- Deorbited
- Status date
- January 29, 2026
- Last known active
- Jan 29, 2026
- End of operations
- Jan 29, 2026
Size
- Mass
- 250 kg
- Dry mass
- 55 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 300 kg
- Length
- 1.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.40 m
- Span
- 1.4 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q138916525 (CC0).