Satellites

Payload

ALMASAT-1

DecayedPayloadLEO

ALMASAT-1 is a Italy payload satellite, launched on February 13, 2012 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
February 13, 2012 at 10:00 AM UTC
Launch site
Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
Launched by
Vega
Operator
European Space Agency

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
139 km
Periapsis
116 km
Inclination
69.4°
Orbital period
87.03 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Italy
Launch mass
12 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2012-006B
NORAD catalog №
38078
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
ItalyItaly
Radar cross-section
0.264 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
April 25, 2020

End of mission

Last active / ended
April 25, 2020
Time in service
8.2 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed