Payload
M3MSAT
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M3MSAT is a Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)/Canadian Space Agency payload satellite, launched on June 22, 2016 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 22, 2016 at 03:55 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan / Sriharikota, India
- Launched by
- PSLV XL →
- Operator
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Mission
- Cartosat 2C & 19 small satellites
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 146 km
- Periapsis
- 135 km
- Inclination
- 97.03°
- Orbital period
- 87.29 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)/Canadian Space Agency
- Manufacturer
- Com Dev International (Honeywell Canada)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 85 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Automatic Identification System (AIS)
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2016-040G
- NORAD catalog №
- 41605
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Canada- Radar cross-section
- 0.186 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- December 19, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- December 19, 2025
- Time in service
- 9.5 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed