SwissCube

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Earth ObservationLEOCOSPAR 2009-051BLaunched 9/23/2009

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: Oceansat-2 Mission
Launch Vehicle: PSLV CA
Launch Date: 9/23/2009

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: LEO
Altitude: 718 km
Inclination: 98.34 deg
Dry Mass: 1 kg
Total Mass: 1 kg

Payload Classification

Mission Type

Earth Observation

Payload Category

IMG

Payload Class

A

Organizations

Operator: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Manufacturer: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Registry

COSPAR ID: 2009-051B

Track

Mentions

1

All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

ClearSpace spun out of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) university in 2017 after working since 2012 on an academic mission to deorbit SwissCube.

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