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POLYITAN-1

NORAD 40042· COSPAR 2014-033AJ· Active satellite· CubeSats & Tech Demos· SSO
Launch
Launched on Jun 19, 2014 from 370/13, Russia aboard a Dnepr 1.
Dnepr 1 | Multipayload, 37 satellites.
POLYITAN-1
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Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
Country
Ukraine
Manufacturer
Launched
Jun 19, 2014
Mass
Apogee
466 km
Perigee
458 km
Inclination
98.09°
Period
1.56 h

Altitude history

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

Trend
Decaying
Change
-10.2 km
Rate
-0.10 km/day
Now
458 × 466 km
468477458May 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

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

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