Djibouti 1A []
Official name DJIBOUTI-1A
Alternative name Djibouti-1A
Cospar ID 2023-174L
Norad ID 58266
Launch date 2023-11-11
Launch site AFWTR
Launch vehicle Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
Country/Organization Djibouti
Type application Technology
RCS size SMALL
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 94.79
Inclination (deg) 97.46
Perigee (km) 499
Apogee (km) 517
Eccentricity 0.0177165354330709
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.1914758940817
Semi-Major axis (km) 6886.135
Raan (deg) 200.154
Arg of perigee (deg) 41.168
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 1
Height (m) 0.1
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 0.1
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (1U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

The Djibouti 1A 1U CubeSat is the first satellite of Djibouti.

Following a partnership signed with the University of Montpellier, France, ten Djiboutian students were sent for training to acquire the knowledge and know-how of space systems. After graduating, the students joined the University of Montpellier Space Center (CSUM) to design a 1U Cubesat Space Mission.

The satelite will provide real-time transmission of data from stations spread over the entire territory such as climatological and seismic stations in particular. Expleo is developing the payload of a nanosatellite to collect data from local climatological stations spread across the territory, such as temperature, rainfall, river depth and hydrometry across the country. With the new nanosatellite, Djibouti can better track environmental changes across the country.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
DJIBOUTI-1A 2023-174L 2023-11-11 AFWTR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with ICEYE X31, X32, X34, X35, Umbra-SAR 07, 08, Pelican 1, FalconSat 10, SPIP, Aether 1, 2, ION-SCV 013, EPICHyper 3, Intuition 1, Crypto3, Lemur-2 181, OSW Cazorla, Ymir 1, PiCo-IoT 1, ..., 9, Unicorn 2J, 2K, HADES D, ROM 3, SpaceANT-D, Tartan Artibeus 2, Impulse 1, Time We?ll Tell, SpaceVan 001, GHGSat C9, C10, C11, Observer 1A, ProtoMéthée, MANTIS, BRO 10, 11, Connecta T3.1, T3.2, GENMAT 1, NinjaSat, OrbAstro PC1, OrbAstro TR1, PEARL 1C, 1H, Platero, Platform 5, Tiger 5, 6, Vindlér 1, ..., 4, Ella 1, Aman 1 (R), Barry 1, Flock-4q 1, ..., 36, Heron Mk.2, IRIS C2, KAFASAT, Lemur-2 179, 180, OMNI-LER1, Outpost Mission 2, JinjuSat 1, Djibouti 1A, Picacho, Veronika, Hello Test 1, 2