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ZimSat-1
Zimbabwean satellite. ZimSat-1 was launched on November 7, 2022 aboard a Antares 230+ from Wallops. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 16, 2023).
COSPAR 1998-067UPNORAD 54537Zimbabwe
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ZIMSAT-1
- Common name
- ZimSat-1
- International designator
- 1998-067UP
- NORAD catalog number
- 54537
- GCAT identifier
- S54537
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ZINGA
- Owner
- ZINGSA
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Builder
- Kyushu Instiute of Technology
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 1U
Launch
- Date
- November 7, 2022 · 10:32 UTC
- Launch record
- 2022-149Success
- Rocket
- Antares 230+
- Spaceport
- Wallops · pad Pad 0A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 409 km
- Apogee
- 419 km
- Inclination
- 51.64°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- May 16, 2023
- Last known active
- Dec 20, 2022
- End of operations
- Dec 20, 2022
Size
- Mass
- 1 kg
- Dry mass
- 1 kg
- Length
- 0.1 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.1 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q126011943 (CC0).