Official name OBJECT P
Alternative name IRIS-C2
Cospar ID 2023-174P
Norad ID 58269
Launch date 2023-11-11
Launch site AFWTR
Launch vehicle Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
Country/Organization Taiwan (Republic of China)
Type application Technology
Operator National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)
RCS size MEDIUM
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 94.77
Inclination (deg) 97.46
Perigee (km) 500
Apogee (km) 516
Eccentricity 0.015748031496063
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.1946818613485
Semi-Major axis (km) 6886.135
Raan (deg) 199.8569
Arg of perigee (deg) 42.1941
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 3
Height (m) 0.3
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 0.3
Configuration CubeSat (3U)
Power 2 deployable, fixed solar arrays, body mounted solar cells, batteries

The IRIS C (Intelligent Remote-Sensing and Internet Satellite) nanosatellite is a technology demonstration 3U CubeSat of the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) of Tainan, Taiwan.

IRIS-C The CubeSat mission is to validate Star Tracker's real-world performance in space. The CubeSat design was derived from IRIS-B in order to accelerate satellite development.

IRIS C was launched in April 2023 and was deployed in space from the Vigoride 6 space tug.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
OBJECT P 2023-174P 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