ZACUBE-2

Southafrican cubesat. ZACUBE-2 was launched on December 27, 2018 aboard a Soyuz-2-1A from Vostochny. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Apr 23, 2024).

COSPAR 2018-111AHNORAD 43907South Africa

Identity

Name in GCAT: ZACUBE-2
Other names: ZA-004
International designator: 2018-111AH
NORAD catalog number: 43907
GCAT identifier: S43907
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/899

Mission

Mission type: Communications
Use: Amateur / academic
Program: CPUT
Owner: CPUT
Country: South Africa
Builder: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Belleville Campus
Platform (bus): Cubesat 3U

Launch

Date: December 27, 2018 · 02:07 UTC
Launch record: 2018-111Success
Rocket: Soyuz-2-1A
Spaceport: Vostochny · pad PU1S

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/S
Perigee: 480 km
Apogee: 508 km
Inclination: 97.30°
Status: Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date: April 23, 2024
Last known active: July 2022
End of operations: July 2022

Size

Mass: 4 kg
Dry mass: 4 kg
Length: 0.3 m
Diameter: 0.10 m
Span: 0.3 m

Launched together

Kanopus-V 5Optical imaging · VNIIEM Kanopus-V 6Optical imaging · VNIIEM ISATCommunications · iSky UWE-4Technology · U Wurzburg D-STAR ONE SPARROWTechnology · German Orb Sys Lume-1Communications · U. Vigo

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q63089350 (CC0).