APRIZESAT 3

NORAD 35686· COSPAR 2009-041F· Active satellite· Communications· SSO

Launch

Launched on Jul 29, 2009 from 109/95, Kazakhstan aboard a Dnepr 1.

Dnepr | DubaiSat 1 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-22 22:49 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

Aprize Satellite

Country

United States

Manufacturer

SpaceQuest

Launched

Jul 29, 2009

Mass

—

Apogee

625 km

Perigee

539 km

Inclination

98.22°

Period

1.60 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for APRIZESAT 3 across 148 days of archived orbital elements (149 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-1.2 km

Rate

-0.01 km/day

Now

539 × 625 km

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

5 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2009-041 (Dnepr | DubaiSat 1).

DEIMOS-1 · 35681
DUBAISAT-1 · 35682
UK-DMC 2 · 35683
APRIZESAT 4 · 35684
NANOSAT 1B · 35685

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