Payload (satellite)
ISTSAT-1
ISTSAT-1 is a satellite launched 2024-07-09 by POR.
About
The ISTSat-1 is a Portuguese nanosatellite developed by students and researchers of the Instituto Superior Técnico, that was launched into orbit on 9 July 2024, aboard the Ariane 6 maiden flight. The project is part of the European Space Agency's "Fly Your Satellite!" programme. It is the third Portuguese satellite in space, after the PoSAT-1 and the AEROS MH-1, and the first to have been entirely designed and built in Portugal.
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 ID60238
International designator2024-128D
TypePayload (satellite)
StatusOperational
OwnerPOR
Launch date2024-07-09
Launch siteKourou, French Guiana
Orbital period95.2 min
Inclination61.99°
Apogee540 km
Perigee514 km