TECHDEMOSAT-1 (TDS-1)
Launch
Launched on Jul 8, 2014 from 31/6, Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz 2.1b Fregat.
Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat | Meteor-M No.2, MKA-PN2, DX-1, UKube-1, TechDemoSat-1, SkySat-2, AISSat-2 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 23:17 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
UK Space Agency
Country
United Kingdom
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Jul 8, 2014
Mass
—
Apogee
531 km
Perigee
523 km
Inclination
98.39°
Period
1.58 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for TECHDEMOSAT-1 (TDS-1) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-4.2 km
Rate
-0.04 km/day
Now
523 × 531 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
4 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2014-037 (Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat | Meteor-M No.2, MKA-PN2, DX-1, UKube-1, TechDemoSat-1, SkySat-2, AISSat-2).
- METEOR-M 2 · 40069
- DX1 · 40071
- SKYSAT-B · 40072
- UKUBE-1 · 40074
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