Payload
W-CUBE
DecayedPayloadLEO
W-CUBE is a European Space Agency (ESA) payload satellite, launched on June 30, 2021 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 30, 2021 at 07:31 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Transporter 2 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 195 km
- Periapsis
- 187 km
- Inclination
- 97.65°
- Orbital period
- 88.31 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- Manufacturer
- Joanneum Research
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 5 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-059CQ
- NORAD catalog №
- 48965
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- FINFinland
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- October 1, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- October 1, 2025
- Time in service
- 4.3 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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