MDASAT-1C

NORAD 51038 · COSPAR 2022-002BG · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

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

Orbit: #18387 @ 179 x 195 km x 97.3249 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2025-05-01 13:59 UTC Â· 12813.6 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

Trend: —

Altitude —

Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

MDASAT-1C
1 51038U 22002BG 25121.58293912 .06186058 24570-5 11525-2 0 9996
2 51038 97.3249 204.3899 0012030 267.7483 92.2435 16.32013358183875

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

97.3249Â°

Period

88.23 min

Perigee

179 km

Apogee

195 km

Eccentricity

0.001203

RAAN

204.3899Â°

Arg of Perigee

267.7483Â°

Mean Motion

16.32013358 rev/d