Payload
CUTE
OperationalPayloadLEO
CUTE is a Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Science, UC Boulder/National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) payload satellite, launched on September 27, 2021 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 27, 2021 at 06:12 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 401 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- Landsat 9
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 302 km
- Periapsis
- 292 km
- Inclination
- 97.42°
- Orbital period
- 90.46 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Science, UC Boulder/National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Manufacturer
- Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 10 kg
- Dry mass
- 10 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-088D
- NORAD catalog №
- 49263
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational
- Decay / reentry
- July 17, 2026
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- July 17, 2026
- Time in service
- 4.8 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Operational