IPERDRONE.0 (60520)

COSPAR: 2024-149BE | Alt Name: Iperdrone.0

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Launch Details

Launch Date

August 16, 2024

Launch Site

AFWTR

Launch Pad

SLC4E

Launch Vehicle

Falcon 9

Orbital Elements

NORAD ID

60520

International Designator

2024-149BE

Epoch

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:21:41 GMT

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Inclination

97.38°

Right Ascension

295.71°

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Argument of Perigee

158.22°

Period

91.62 min

Mean Motion

15.72 rev/day

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Basic Satellite Info

Name

IPERDRONE.0

Alternative Name

Iperdrone.0

Type

Payload

Status

Operational

Owner

ASI

Country

Italy

Constellation

N/A

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Latest TLEs

1 60520U 24149BE  26200.76505832  .00062525  00000+0  48479-3 0  9993

2 60520  97.3760 295.7079 0003975 158.2232 201.9200 15.71639603108029

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Summary

The satellite IPERDRONE.0 (OBJECT_ID: 2024-149BE) is a CubeSat 6U designed for technology purposes and launched on August 16, 2024, from AFWTR Launch Site SLC4E using the Falcon 9 launch vehicle. It was manufactured by TERRAN/ARGOT and owned by ASI. The satellite has dimensions of 0.3 meters in length, 0.2 meters in diameter, and a span of 0.6 meters. Its dry mass is 12 kg and it carries the payload Tyvak-0415. It features 2 deployable fixed solar arrays for power generation and has a box shape with two panels. The launch mass was also 12 kg.

Physical Characteristics

Length

0.3

Diameter

0.2

Span

0.6

Dry Mass

Launch Mass

Shape

Box + 2 pan

Radar Cross Section

Unknown

Visual Magnitude

Unknown

Color

Unknown

Material Composition

Unknown

Technical Details

Payload

Tyvak-0415

Purpose

Technology

Mission

Technology

Manufacturer

TERRAN/ARGOT

Life Expectancy

Unknown

Bus

Cubesat 6U

Configuration

CubeSat (6U)

Motor

Unknown

Equipment

Unknown

Power System

2 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries

ADCS

Unknown

Transmitter Frequency

Unknown

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