CELTEE [M42 Tech]
Official name CELTEE 1
Alternative name CELTEE
Cospar ID 2016-067C
Norad ID 41850
Launch date 2016-11-11
Launch site AFWTR
Launch vehicle Atlas-5(401)
Country/Organization USA
Type application Calibration
Operator M42 Technologies, NXTRAC
RCS size SMALL
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 95.62
Inclination (deg) 98.1
Perigee (km) 548
Apogee (km) 550
Eccentricity 0.00182149362477231
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.0596109600502
Semi-Major axis (km) 6927.135
Raan (deg) 294.2689
Arg of perigee (deg) 64.2852
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 1
Height (m) 0.1
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 0.1
Lifetime 3-6 months
Contractors M42 Technologies
Equipment Enhanced Location Transponder (ELT)
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (1U)
Power Batteries

CELTEE 1 (CubeSat Enhanced Locator Transponder Evaluation Experiment 1) is picosatellite built by M42 Technologies (Seattle,WA) for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). It is built to the 1U CubeSat form factor.

The objective of the CELTEE 1 CubeSat is to evaluate the performance of M42 Techs Enhanced Location Transponder (ELT) small satellite tracking and orbit determination technology. It is a short duration (3-6 month) experiment operating in low-Earth orbit.

CELTEE 1 was launched in November 2016 on an Atlas-5(401) rocket as a NRO sponsored piggy-back payload.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
CELTEE 1 2016-067C 2016-11-11 AFWTR Atlas-5(401) with WorldView 4, RAVAN, OptiCube 4, AeroCube 8C, AeroCube 8D, Prometheus 2.1, Prometheus 2.3