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A CubeSat is a class of small satellite with a form factor of 10 cm (3.9 in) cubes. CubeSats have a mass of no more than 2 kg (4.4 lb) per unit, and often use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components for their electronics and structure. CubeSats are deployed into orbit from the International Space Station, or launched as secondary payloads on a launch vehicle. As of December 2023, more than 2,300 CubeSats have been launched.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 12, 2005 at 11:43 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 401 →
- Operator
- Lockheed Martin
- Mission
- Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Heliocentric
- Reference body
- Heliocentric
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 2,180 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2005-029A
- NORAD catalog №
- 28788
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 15.8489 m²
- Status
- Operational