Official name OBJECT AZ
Alternative name Al-Farabi 2
Cospar ID 2018-099AZ
Norad ID 43805
Launch date 2018-12-03
Launch site AFWTR
Launch vehicle Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
Country/Organization Kazakhstan
Type application Education, technology
Operator Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
RCS size SMALL
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 95.39
Inclination (deg) 97.51
Perigee (km) 529
Apogee (km) 546
Eccentricity 0.0158139534883721
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.095922004403
Semi-Major axis (km) 6915.635
Raan (deg) 186.2452
Arg of perigee (deg) 88.424
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 4
Height (m) 0.3
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 0.3
Contractors Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (3U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

Al-Farabi 2 is a 3U CubeSat built by students of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

The satellite was launched on Spaceflight Industry's SSO-A multi-satellite launch on a Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) rocket.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
OBJECT AZ 2018-099AZ 2018-12-03 AFWTR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with SkySat 14, 15, Eu:CROPIS, STPSat 5, FalconSat 6, NEXTSat 1, KazSTSAT, eXCITe, SeeMe, ICEYE X2, BlackSky 2, ESEO, Hawk A, B, C, Capella 1, AISTECHSAT 2, CSIM-FD, Hiber 2, ITASAT 1, Landmapper-BC 4, ORS 7A, 7B, Astrocast 0.1, Audacy 0, BRIO, Centauri 1, Eaglet 1, Enoch, Flock-3s 1, 2, 3, K2SAT, KazSciSat 1, MinXSS 2, Orbital Reflector, RAAF M1, SeaHawk 1, SNUSAT 2, THEA, VESTA, PW-Sat 2, SNUGLITE, VisionCube, RANGE A, B, Elysium-Star 2, ExseedSat 1, Fox 1C, Irvine 02, JY1-Sat, KNACKSAT, MOVE 2, SpaceBEE 5, 6, 7, Suomi-100, WeissSat 1, Sirion Pathfinder 2, OrbWeaver 1, 2, SPAWAR-CAL O, OR, R