DeOrbitSail

retired

Technology DemonstrationLEOCOSPAR 2015-032ELaunched 7/10/2015

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: DMC3
Launch Vehicle: PSLV-XL
Launch Date: 7/10/2015
Last Contact: 1/22/2016

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: LEO
Altitude: 646 km
Inclination: 98.05 deg
Dry Mass: 7 kg
Total Mass: 7 kg

Payload Classification

Mission Type: Technology Demonstration
Payload Category: TECH
Payload Class: A

Organizations

Operator: University of Surrey
Manufacturer: University of Surrey

Registry

COSPAR ID: 2015-032E
UN Registration: ST/SG/SER.E/760

Track

Mentions

1

All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

Additional ostensibly British satellites in LEO that may be mostly nonfunctional include UoSAT 2 (OSCAR-11), UK-DMC-2, STRAND-1, DeorbitSail, and Carbonite-1.

GeneralValue 2.4Oct 26, 2021UK funds studies to remove two spacecraft from LEO