Official name CONNECTA T1.1
Alternative name Connecta T1.1
Cospar ID 2022-057H
Norad ID 52739
Launch date 2022-05-25
Launch site AFETR
Launch vehicle Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
Country/Organization Türkiye (Turkey)
Type application Technology, communication
Operator Plan-S
RCS size SMALL
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 94.49
Inclination (deg) 97.57
Perigee (km) 489
Apogee (km) 499
Eccentricity 0.0101214574898785
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.2397079055985
Semi-Major axis (km) 6872.135
Raan (deg) 251.4137
Arg of perigee (deg) 300.8519
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 4
Height (m) 0.3
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 0.3
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (3U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

Connecta T1.1 is a communication test satellite built by Plan-S.

It is a 3U-cubesat which carries a software defined satellite which will be used for bidirectional M2M/IoT communication trials. It uses UHF commercial band in both TMTC and IoT links. There are also independent S-band Tx and Rx lines deployed in the satellite.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
CONNECTA T1.1 2022-057H 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