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CUTE-1 (CO-55)

NORAD 27844· COSPAR 2003-031E· Active satellite· CubeSats & Tech Demos· SSO
Launch
Launched on Jun 30, 2003 from 133/3 (133L), Russia aboard a Rokot/Briz-KM.
Rokot / Briz-KM | Mimosa
CUTE-1 (CO-55)
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Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
JAXA
Country
Japan
Manufacturer
Launched
Jun 30, 2003
Mass
Apogee
821 km
Perigee
809 km
Inclination
98.68°
Period
1.68 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for CUTE-1 (CO-55) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
-0.2 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
809 × 821 km
815823807May 29Sep 9
Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

2 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2003-031 (Rokot / Briz-KM | Mimosa).

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