Alpha [Fleet Space]
Official name CENTAURI-6
Cospar ID 2024-066K
Norad ID 59451
Launch date 2024-04-07
Launch site AFETR
Launch vehicle Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
Country/Organization Australia
Type application Communication M2M/IoT
Operator Fleet Space Technologies
RCS size MEDIUM
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 96.46
Inclination (deg) 45.61
Perigee (km) 585
Apogee (km) 593
Eccentricity 0.0067911714770798
Mean motion (revs. per day) 14.9284677586564
Semi-Major axis (km) 6967.135
Raan (deg) 268.0543
Arg of perigee (deg) 307.3528
Contractors Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc.
Propulsion ?
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

The Alpha satellites are operational versions of 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 Alpha satellites are based on the technology tested on the Centauri satellites. They are larger than the earlier CubeSat based versions and are built by using 3D printing technology. The Alpha satellites feature 64 antenna elements (compared to 4 on Centauri), increasing their capability by the factor 16, while only having a mass of 4 times of the Centauri satellite.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
CENTAURI-6 2024-066K 2024-04-07 AFETR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with 425 Project SAR Sat 1, Capella 14, QPS-SAR 7, Centauri 6, Hawk 8A-C, 9A-C, TSAT 1A