Payload
BOTSAT-1
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 63216
BOTSAT-1 is a Botswana payload satellite, launched on March 15, 2025 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- March 15, 2025 at 06:43 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Transporter 13 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 487 km
- Periapsis
- 482 km
- Inclination
- 97.39°
- Orbital period
- 94.3 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Botswana
- Launch mass
- 5 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.3 × 0.1 × 0.1 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2025-052G
- NORAD catalog №
- 63216
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- BWABotswana
- Status
- Operational
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