Payload
CHECKMATE 1
OperationalPayloadLEO
CHECKMATE 1 is a Space Development Agency payload satellite, launched on April 2, 2023 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 2, 2023 at 08:48 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Tianlong-2 →
- Operator
- Space Pioneer
- Mission
- Demo Flight
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 955 km
- Periapsis
- 938 km
- Inclination
- 81°
- Orbital period
- 103.97 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Space Development Agency
- Manufacturer
- York Space Systems
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 300 kg
- Dry mass
- 150 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-050G
- NORAD catalog №
- 56168
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational