Payload
MINISAT 01
DecayedPayloadLEONORAD 24779
MINISAT 01 is a Spain payload satellite, launched on April 21, 1997 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
Launch
- Launch date
- April 21, 1997 at 11:59 AM UTC
- Launch site
- CAS
- Launched by
- Pegasus XL →
- Operator
- Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 183 km
- Periapsis
- 183 km
- Inclination
- 150.93°
- Orbital period
- 88.15 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Spain
- Launch mass
- 209 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø1 × 1.2 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1997-018A
- NORAD catalog №
- 24779
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Spain- Radar cross-section
- 2.5005 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- February 26, 2002
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- February 26, 2002
- Time in service
- 4.9 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed