Payload
IRIS-C2
DecayedPayloadLEO
IRIS-C2 is a Taiwan payload satellite, launched on November 11, 2023 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 11, 2023 at 06:49 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 282 km
- Periapsis
- 268 km
- Inclination
- 97.4°
- Orbital period
- 90.01 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Taiwan
- Launch mass
- 3 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-174P
- NORAD catalog №
- 58269
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Taiwan- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- August 17, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- August 17, 2025
- Time in service
- 1.8 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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