Payload
KHALIFASAT
OperationalPayloadLEO
KHALIFASAT is a Emirates Institution for Advanced Science & Technology (EIAST) payload satellite, launched on October 29, 2018 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 29, 2018 at 04:08 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- H-IIA 202 →
- Operator
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Mission
- KhalifaSat & GOSAT-2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 568 km
- Periapsis
- 558 km
- Inclination
- 98.07°
- Orbital period
- 95.92 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Emirates Institution for Advanced Science & Technology (EIAST)
- Manufacturer
- Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 330 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2018-084F
- NORAD catalog №
- 43676
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United Arab Emirates- Status
- Operational