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YUSAT-1
Taiwanes cubesat. YUSAT-1 was launched on January 24, 2021 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jul 30, 2024).
COSPAR 2021-006ACNORAD 47439Taiwan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Yushan Weixing
- Common name
- YUSAT-1
- Payload designation
- YUSAT-1
- International designator
- 2021-006AC
- NORAD catalog number
- 47439
- GCAT identifier
- S47439
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- NTOU
- Owner
- NTOU
- Country
- Taiwan
- Builder
- National Taiwan Ocean University
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 1.5U
Launch
- Date
- January 24, 2021 · 15:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 2021-006Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 523 km
- Apogee
- 535 km
- Inclination
- 97.51°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- July 30, 2024
- Last known active
- February 2023
- End of operations
- June 2024
Size
- Mass
- 2 kg
- Dry mass
- 2 kg
- Length
- 0.2 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.2 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q108104133 (CC0).