// communications · 2023

Ymir-1

Swedish technology demonstration CubeSat. Ymir-1 was launched on November 11, 2023 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 2023-174DJNORAD 58997United Kingdom

Identity

Name in GCAT: Ymir-1
Payload designation: AAC-AIS-SAT3
International designator: 2023-174DJ
NORAD catalog number: 58997
GCAT identifier: S58997
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/1185

Mission

Mission type: Communications
Use: Commercial
Program: Ymir
Owner: AAC ClydeSpace
Country: United Kingdom
Builder: AAC Microtec/Clyde Space Ltd.
Platform (bus): Cubesat 3U

Launch

Date: November 11, 2023 · 18:49 UTC
Launch record: 2023-174Success
Rocket: Falcon 9
Spaceport: Vandenberg · pad SLC4E

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/S
Perigee: 556 km
Apogee: 572 km
Inclination: 97.45°
Status: In orbit
Last known active: Nov 11, 2023

Size

Mass: 5 kg
Dry mass: 5 kg
Length: 0.3 m
Diameter: 0.20 m
Span: 0.3 m

Launched together

MANTISOptical imaging · Open Cosmos VeronikaOptical imaging · TUKE Umbra 08Radar imaging · Umbra Labs Umbra 07Radar imaging · Umbra Labs Barry 1Technology · Rogue Space Hades-DOptical imaging · AMSAT-EA EPIC Hyper-3Optical imaging · AAC ClydeSpace

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q140687472 (CC0).