UCS-Satellite-Database
| Id | Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Current Official Name of Satellite | Country/Org of UN Registry | Country of Operator/Owner | Operator/Owner | Users | Purpose | Detailed Purpose | Class of Orbit | Type of Orbit | Longitude of GEO (degrees) | Perigee (km) | Apogee (km) | Eccentricity | Inclination (degrees) | Period (minutes) | Launch Mass (kg.) | Dry Mass (kg.) | Power (watts) | Date of Launch | Expected Lifetime (yrs.) | Contractor | Country of Contractor | Launch Site | Launch Vehicle | COSPAR Number | NORAD Number | Comments | Source Used for Orbital Data | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1577 | MDASat-1A (Maritime Domain Awareness Satellite) | MDASat-1A | NR (4/22) | South Africa | Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) | Government | Earth Observation | Automatic Identification System (AIS) | LEO | Sun-Synchronous | 0 | 522 | 535 | 9.42E-04 | 97.5 | 94.7 | 1 | 2022/1/13 | Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) | South Africa | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 | 2022-002M | 50995 | Detect, identify and monitor vessels in near real-time, supporting the South African maritime domain awareness. | JMSatcat/4_22 | https://africanews.space/south-africa-to-launch-its-mdasat-1-constellation-on-thursday-13-january-2022/ | |||
| 1578 | MDASat-1B (Maritime Domain Awareness Satellite) | MDASat-1B | NR (4/22) | South Africa | Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) | Government | Earth Observation | Automatic Identification System (AIS) | LEO | Sun-Synchronous | 0 | 524 | 535 | 7.97E-04 | 97.5 | 94.7 | 1 | 2022/1/13 | Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) | South Africa | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 | 2022-002BU | 51050 | Detect, identify and monitor vessels in near real-time, supporting the South African maritime domain awareness. | JMSatcat/4_22 | https://africanews.space/south-africa-to-launch-its-mdasat-1-constellation-on-thursday-13-january-2022/ | |||
| 1579 | MDASat-1C (Maritime Domain Awareness Satellite) | MDASat-1C | NR (4/22) | South Africa | Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) | Government | Earth Observation | Automatic Identification System (AIS) | LEO | Sun-Synchronous | 0 | 523 | 525 | 1.45E-04 | 97.5 | 94.7 | 1 | 2022/1/13 | Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) | South Africa | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 | 2022-002BG | 51038 | Detect, identify and monitor vessels in near real-time, supporting the South African maritime domain awareness. | JMSatcat/4_22 | https://africanews.space/south-africa-to-launch-its-mdasat-1-constellation-on-thursday-13-january-2022/ | |||
| 5422 | ZACUBE-1 (TshepisoSAT) | ZACUBE-1 | South Africa | South Africa | French South African Institute of Technology/Cape Peninsula University of Technology | Civil | Technology Development/Educational | LEO | Sun-Synchronous | 0 | 592 | 633 | 2.94E-03 | 97.6 | 97.2 | 2 | 2013/11/21 | French South African Institute of Technology/Cape Peninsula University of Technology | South Africa | Dombarovsky Air Base | Dnepr | 2013-066B | 39417 | Student education and technology demonstration. | JMSatcat/3_19 | https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/v-w-x-y-z/zacube-2 | ||||
| 5423 | ZACUBE-2 | ZACUBE-2 | South Africa | South Africa | French South African Institute of Technology/Cape Peninsula University of Technology | Civil | Earth Observation | Optical Imaging/Automatic Identification System (AIS) | LEO | Sun-Synchronous | 0 | 480 | 508 | 2.04E-03 | 97.3 | 94.5 | 4 | 2018/11/27 | French South African Institute of Technology/Cape Peninsula University of Technology | South Africa | Vostochny Cosmodrome | Soyuz-2.1a | 2018-111AH | 43907 | Student education and precursor to possible constellation. Carries an AIS receiver and near-infrared camera for detection of wildfires. | JMSatcat/3_19 | https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/v-w-x-y-z/zacube-2 |
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