Official name | VESTA-1 |
Alternative name | VESTA |
Cospar ID | 2018-099Z |
Norad ID | 43781 |
Launch date | 2018-12-03 |
Launch site | AFWTR |
Launch vehicle | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) |
Country/Organization | Canada |
Type application | Technology, communication |
Operator | exactEarth |
RCS size | SMALL |
Decay date | ON ORBIT |
Period (min) | 95.48 |
Inclination (deg) | 97.52 |
Perigee (km) | 536 |
Apogee (km) | 548 |
Eccentricity | 0.011070110701107 |
Mean motion (revs. per day) | 15.0816925010473 |
Semi-Major axis (km) | 6920.135 |
Raan (deg) | 188.4745 |
Arg of perigee (deg) | 111.5869 |
Shape | Box |
Mass (kg) | 5 |
Height (m) | 0.3 |
Width (m) | 0.1 |
Depth (m) | 0.1 |
Span (m^2) | 0.3 |
Contractors | SSTL (bus); Honeywell (payload |
Equipment | VDES |
Propulsion | None |
Configuration | CubeSat (3U) |
Power | Solar cells, batteries |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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VESTA-1 | 2018-099Z | 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, Al-Farabi 2, 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, 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 |