Communications
KUIPER-00442
OperationalCommunicationsLEO
Relays voice, data, internet or broadcast signals between points on Earth.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 30, 2026 at 06:00 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Soyuz-5 →
- Operator
- RKK Energiya
- Mission
- Demo Flight
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 466 km
- Periapsis
- 459 km
- Inclination
- 51.88°
- Orbital period
- 93.85 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2026-098AA
- NORAD catalog №
- 68943
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational