Tyvak-61C

USA

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US spacecraft nº:

Launch data:

Designation	43144 / 18004AK
Launch date	12 Jan 2018 - 03:59 UT
Launch site	Sriharikota, FLP
Launch vehicle	PSLV-XL
Mission	Astronomy
Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	497 x 510 km
Eccentricity
Inclination	97.6 °
Period	94.5 min

Launched together with: Cartosat 2F - Microsat-TD - LEO Vantage 1 - Carbonite 2 - ICEYE X1 - INS 1C - Arkyd 6A - CICERO 7 - Landmapper-BC 3 v2 - Lemur-2 68/71 - Flock-3p′ 1/4 - MicroMAS 2a - PicSat - CANYVAL-X 1 & 2 - CNUSail 1 - KAUSAT 5 - SIGMA - DemoSat 2 - FOX 1D - STEP Cube Lab - SpaceBEE 1/4

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufacturer	Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. (bus); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) (instrument)
Platform	3U CubeSat
Operator
Mass at launch	kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment
Solar array	Solar cells
Stabilization
Propulsion	None
DC power
Design lifetime

Description:

Tyvak-61C, a 3U satellite from Tyvak Corp of California, reportedly to measure variability of bright stars.

External links:

Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking

Ref.: #7(JR745), #228 - update: 15.02.18