MDASAT-1A

NORAD 50995 · COSPAR 2022-002M · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

MDASAT-1A reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 1 year ago).

Orbit: #18466 @ 170 x 187 km x 97.3193 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2025-05-06 14:04 UTC Â· 12755.9 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Altitude —

Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

MDASAT-1A
1 50995U 22002M 25126.58679728 .06929084 24731-5 92854-3 0 9993
2 50995 97.3193 208.2305 0012290 264.4576 95.5320 16.35250920184662

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

January 13th 2022

Spacecraft age

4 years, 9 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT)

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Cape Canaveral

Launch vehicle

Falcon 9

Contractor

Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT)

Launch mass

1 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

97.3193Â°

Period

88.06 min

Perigee

170 km

Apogee

187 km

Eccentricity

0.001229

RAAN

208.2305Â°

Arg of Perigee

264.4576Â°

Mean Motion

16.3525092 rev/d