Latitude
—
MDASAT-1B
NORAD 51050 · COSPAR 2022-002BU · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP
MDASAT-1B reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 1 year ago).
Orbit: #17375 @ 144 x 160 km x 97.3189 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2025-02-24 22:04 UTC · 14622.3 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
// celestrak
MDASAT-1B
1 51050U 22002BU 25055.92007920 .13701385 25265-5 33496-3 0 9994
2 51050 97.3189 137.9096 0012483 268.8482 91.1390 16.45128402173750
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 51050U 22002BU 25055.92007920 .13701385 25265-5 33496-3 0 9994
2 51050 97.3189 137.9096 0012483 268.8482 91.1390 16.45128402173750
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch 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 · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Cape Canaveral
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9
Contractor
Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT)
Launch mass
1 kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.3189°
Period
87.53 min
Perigee
144 km
Apogee
160 km
Eccentricity
0.0012483
RAAN
137.9096°
Arg of Perigee
268.8482°
Mean Motion
16.45128402 rev/d