DUCHIFAT-1

NORAD 40021· COSPAR 2014-033M· Active satellite· Amateur Radio· SSO

Launch

Launched on Jun 19, 2014 from 370/13, Russia aboard a Dnepr 1.

Dnepr 1 | Multipayload, 37 satellites. →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 17:20 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Israel Space Agency

Country

Israel

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jun 19, 2014

Mass

—

Apogee

282 km

Perigee

273 km

Inclination

98.02°

Period

89.9 min

Altitude history

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

Trend

Decaying

Change

-108.5 km

Rate

-1.05 km/day

Now

277 × 286 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

21 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2014-033 (Dnepr 1 | Multipayload, 37 satellites.).

KAZEOSAT 2 · 40010
PERSEUS-M2 · 40037
PERSEUS-M1 · 40039
POLYITAN-1 · 40042
TIGRISAT · 40043
LEMUR-1 · 40044
AEROCUBE 6A · 40045
AEROCUBE 6B · 40046
HODOYOSHI-4 · 40011
UNISAT-6 · 40012
DEIMOS-2 · 40013
BUGSAT-1 (TITA) · 40014
HODOYOSHI-3 · 40015
SAUDISAT 4 · 40016
APRIZESAT 9 · 40018
APRIZESAT 10 · 40019
BRITE-CA1 (TORONTO) · 40020
NANOSATC-BR1 · 40024
QB50P1 · 40025
DTUSAT-2 · 40030
QB50P2 · 40032

Sources & further reading

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