PetitSat

retired

Science ExplorationLEOCOSPAR 1998-067UXLaunched 11/26/2022

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: Dragon CRS-26
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 FT5
Launch Date: 11/26/2022
Last Contact: 3/22/2023

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: LEO
Altitude: 414.5 km
Inclination: 51.65 deg
Dry Mass: 10 kg
Total Mass: 10 kg

Payload Classification

Organizations

Operator: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Manufacturer: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Registry

COSPAR ID: 1998-067UX
UN Registration: ST/SG/SER.E/1110

Mentions

All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

PetitSat deployed from the International Space Station on 2022-12-29 at 8:55 a.m. EST.

PlanGeneralValue 3.5Jan 2, 2023Ionospheric bubbles + blobs being investigated by two NASA smallsats

The Plasma Enhancements in the Ionosphere-Thermosphere Satellite (petitSat) and Scintillation Prediction Observations Research Task (SPORT) arrived at the International Space Station on 2022-11-27 as part of SpaceX’s 26th commercial resupply mission for NASA.