CANX-5

NORAD 40056· COSPAR 2014-034D· Active satellite· CubeSats & Tech Demos· SSO

Launch

Launched on Jun 30, 2014 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, India aboard a PSLV-CA.

PSLV-CA | SPOT-7, CanX-4, CanX-5, AISat, VELOX-I →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 02:39 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory

Country

Canada

Manufacturer

UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory

Launched

Jun 30, 2014

Mass

15 kg

Apogee

639 km

Perigee

619 km

Inclination

98.30°

Period

1.62 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for CANX-5 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.5 km

Rate

-0.01 km/day

Now

619 × 639 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

2 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2014-034 (PSLV-CA | SPOT-7, CanX-4, CanX-5, AISat, VELOX-I).

SPOT 7 · 40053
CANX-4 · 40055

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