Official name PROXIMA I
Alternative name Proxima I
Cospar ID 2018-088E
Norad ID 43694
Launch date 2018-11-11
Launch site RLLC
Launch vehicle Electron KS
Country/Organization Australia
Type application Communication
Operator Fleet Space Technologies
RCS size SMALL
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 89.94
Inclination (deg) 85
Perigee (km) 267
Apogee (km) 275
Eccentricity 0.014760147601476
Mean motion (revs. per day) 16.0106737825217
Semi-Major axis (km) 6649.135
Raan (deg) 199.1408
Arg of perigee (deg) 255.8692
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 2
Height (m) 0.15
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.15
Span (m^2) 0.15
Contractors Fleet Space Technologies, Pumpkin Inc. (bus)
Propulsion ?
Configuration CubeSat (3U)
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

Proxima 1 and 2 are pathfinder satellites for Fleet Space Technologies' planned network of Centauri satellites for global satellite connectivity to the Internet-of-Things (IoT).

The Proxima satellites are built to the 1.5U CubeSat form factor. They were manufactured by Pumpkin Space Systems on very short notice within two weeks.

Two satellites were launched in 2018 as secondary payloads on an Electron KS rocket.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
PROXIMA I 2018-088E 2018-11-11 RLLC Electron KS with CICERO 10, Lemur-2 82, Lemur-2 83, Proxima 2, Irvine 01, NABEO
PROXIMA II 2018-088G 2018-11-11 RLLC Electron KS with CICERO 10, Lemur-2 82, Lemur-2 83, Proxima 2, Irvine 01, NABEO