Payload (satellite)
TIGRISAT
OperationalLEOIRAQ
TIGRISAT is a satellite launched 2014-06-19 by IRAQ.
About
TigriSat is a CubeSat built in 2014 by a team of Iraqi students at the La Sapienza University of Rome as one of the four satellites deployed within UniSat-6. It uses an RGB camera to detect dust storms over Iraq, and transmits the data to ground stations in Baghdad and Rome. It is considered Iraq's first satellite. It was launched from Orenburg on June 19, 2014 on a Dnepr launch vehicle.
Right now
Dotted: where it has been. Solid: the next orbit and a half. Orbit data from CelesTrak, map from NASA Blue Marble. All credits
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Facts
NORAD ID40043
International designator2014-033AK
TypePayload (satellite)
StatusOperational
OwnerIRAQ
Launch date2014-06-19
Launch siteDongfang Space Port, China
Orbital period96.9 min
Inclination97.8°
Apogee646 km
Perigee578 km