Centauri 3 [Fleet Space]
Official name CENTAURI-3 (TYVAK-0210)
Alternative name Centauri 3
Cospar ID 2021-023B
Norad ID 47966
Launch date 2021-03-22
Launch site RLLC
Launch vehicle Electron Photon-LEO
Country/Organization Australia
Type application Communication M2M/IoT
Operator Fleet Space Technologies
RCS size SMALL
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 92.47
Inclination (deg) 45.01
Perigee (km) 388
Apogee (km) 403
Eccentricity 0.0189633375474083
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.5726181464259
Semi-Major axis (km) 6773.635
Raan (deg) 154.0893
Arg of perigee (deg) 64.3902
Shape Box + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 10
Height (m) 0.3
Width (m) 0.2
Depth (m) 0.2
Span (m^2) 0.3
Contractors Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc.
Propulsion ?
Configuration CubeSat (6U)
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

Centauri 3 is a pathfinder satellites for Fleet Space Technologies' planned 140 satellite network for global satellite connectivity to the Internet-of-Things (IoT) designed for use in the energy, utilities, and resource industries.

The Centauri satellites are built to the 6U CubeSat form factor. They weigh less than 10 kg and are the size of a shoe box, has 119 times the data capacity compared to its Centauri 1 & 2 predecessors and is integrated with the satellite bus/avionics in an ongoing collaboration with US nanosatellites systems designer Tyvak.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
CENTAURI-3 (TYVAK-0210) 2021-023B 2021-03-22 RLLC Electron Photon-LEO with BlackSky 7, Myriota 7, RAAF-M2 A, RAAF-M2 B, Gunsmoke-J 3, Veery Hatchling, Pathstone
CENTAURI-4 (TYVAK-0211) 2021-059V 2021-06-30 AFETR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with Starlink v1.5 R1-1, ..., R1-3, Umbra-SAR 2001, YAM 2, YAM 3, ÑuSat 19, ..., 22, ICEYE X11, X12, X13, X15, TUBIN, Mandrake 2A, 2B, Capella 5, GNOMES 2, LINCS 1, 2, PACE 1, TROPICS 01, D2/AtlaCom 1, EG 3, Lemur-2 140, ..., 145, SpaceBEE 88, ..., 111, SpaceBEENZ 7, ..., 10, Sherpa-FX 2, Lynk 06, Hawk 3A, 3B, 3C, Astrocast 0201, ..., 0205, Painani 2, Sherpa-LTE 1, Tenzing, Aurora, Arthur 1, Faraday Phoenix, KSF 1A, ..., 1D, Tiger 2, ION-SCV 003, NAPA 2, Spartan, Neptuno, W-Cube, Ghalib, QMR-KWT
CENTAURI 5 (TYVAK-0212) 2022-057L 2022-05-25 AFETR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with Umbra 03, ICEYE X17, ..., X20, X24, ÑuSat 28, ..., 31, GHGSat C3, C4, C5, Hawk 5A, 5B, 5C, CICERO-2 1, 2, Sherpa-AC 1, ION-SCV 006, Guardian 1, SBUDNIC, Vigoride 3, SelfieSat, FossaSat 2E7, ..., 2E13, Veery FS-1, Urdaneta-Armsat 1, Spark 2, AMS, CNCE 4, 5, Platform 1, BroncoSat 1, Foresail 1, Planetum 1, SPiN 1, Connecta T1.1, Centauri 5, Lemur-2 152, Lemur-2 153, ..., 156, VariSat 1C, PTD 3, CPOD A, B, OMD 1