Payload
POLARCUBE
DecayedPayloadLEO
POLARCUBE is a University of Colorado, Boulder payload satellite, launched on January 17, 2021 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 17, 2021 at 07:38 PM UTC
- Launch site
- WRAS
- Launched by
- LauncherOne →
- Operator
- Virgin Orbit
- Mission
- Launch Demo 2 (VCLS ELaNa XX)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 171 km
- Periapsis
- 157 km
- Inclination
- 60.64°
- Orbital period
- 87.77 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- University of Colorado, Boulder
- Manufacturer
- University of Colorado, Boulder
- Users
- Government/Civil
- Launch mass
- 4 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Microwave Radiometer
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-002B
- NORAD catalog №
- 47310
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- June 6, 2023
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- June 6, 2023
- Time in service
- 2.4 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed