Payload
RAAF M1
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
RAAF M1 is a Australia payload satellite, launched on December 3, 2018 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 3, 2018 at 06:34 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Spaceflight SSO-A
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 553 km
- Periapsis
- 534 km
- Inclination
- 97.44°
- Orbital period
- 95.52 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Australia
- Launch mass
- 5 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2018-099X
- NORAD catalog №
- 43779
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Australia- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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