Payload
BLACK KITE-1
OperationalPayloadLEO
BLACK KITE-1 is a Taiwan payload satellite, launched on November 28, 2025 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 28, 2025 at 06:44 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Transporter 15 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 508 km
- Periapsis
- 500 km
- Inclination
- 97.42°
- Orbital period
- 94.71 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Taiwan
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2025-276CD
- NORAD catalog №
- 66741
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Taiwan- Status
- Operational
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