Payload
TRANSPORTER-6 OBJECT CA
DecayedPayloadLEONORAD 55081
TRANSPORTER-6 OBJECT CA is a National Technical University payload satellite, launched on January 3, 2023 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
Launch
- Launch date
- January 3, 2023 at 02:55 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Transporter 6 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 165 km
- Periapsis
- 155 km
- Inclination
- 97.3°
- Orbital period
- 87.7 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Technical University
- Manufacturer
- National Technical University
- Users
- Civil
- Launch mass
- 2 kg
- Dry mass
- 2 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.2 × 0.1 × 0.1 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-001CA
- NORAD catalog №
- 55081
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- To Be Determined
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- December 29, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- December 29, 2025
- Time in service
- 3.0 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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