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Launch
- Launch date
- April 15, 2023 at 06:47 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Transporter 7 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 211 km
- Periapsis
- 198 km
- Inclination
- 97.34°
- Orbital period
- 88.59 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Kenya Space Agency
- Manufacturer
- Sayari Labs/Endurosat
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 4 kg
- Dry mass
- 4 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Multispectral Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-054AF
- NORAD catalog №
- 56207
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- August 12, 2024
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- August 12, 2024
- Time in service
- 1.3 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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