Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
AntelSat |
Country of Operator/Owner |
Uruguay |
Operator/Owner |
Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad de la República (FING), ANTEL |
Users |
Civil |
Purpose |
Technology Development |
Class of Orbit |
LEO |
Type of Orbit |
Sun-Synchronous |
Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
0 |
Perigee (km) |
606 |
Apogee (km) |
623 |
Eccentricity |
0.00121698045672561 |
Inclination (degrees) |
97.99 |
Period (minutes) |
96.99 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
2 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
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Power (watts) |
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Date of Launch |
19-06-2014 |
Expected Lifetime |
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Contractor |
Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad de la República (FING), ANTEL |
Country of Contractor |
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Launch Site |
Dombarovsky Missile Base |
Launch Vehicle |
Dnepr |
COSPAR Number |
2014-033AA |
NORAD Number |
40034 |
Comments |
Developmental communications systems operating at VHF,UHF and S-band, and an Earth-imaging system with detectors in the near infrared and visible bands. Released from Unisat 6 June 20 at 21:07:00 from the same deployer as Aerocube 6. |