Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
CFESat (Cibola Flight Experiment Satellite) |
Country of Operator/Owner |
USA |
Operator/Owner |
Los Alamos National Labs (LANL) |
Users |
Government |
Purpose |
Technology Development |
Class of Orbit |
LEO |
Type of Orbit |
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Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
0 |
Perigee (km) |
538 |
Apogee (km) |
544 |
Eccentricity |
0.000434090580234409 |
Inclination (degrees) |
35.4 |
Period (minutes) |
95.5 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
159 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
|
Power (watts) |
110 |
Date of Launch |
09-03-2007 |
Expected Lifetime |
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Contractor |
Surrey Satellite Technologies Ltd. |
Country of Contractor |
United Kingdom |
Launch Site |
Cape Canaveral |
Launch Vehicle |
Atlas 5 |
COSPAR Number |
2007-006F |
NORAD Number |
30777 |
Comments |
A number of experiments, including a prototype supercomputer designed to process data onboard rather than sending raw information directly to Earth. |