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MAROC-TUBSAT
Earth Observation / Technology Demo · Royal Centre for Remote Sensing Morocco / TU Berlin
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Morocco's first satellite, built with German assistance at TU Berlin, established Morocco as one of Africa's first satellite operators. It trained Moroccan engineers who seeded the country's growing space program and captured 0.6-mile-resolution imagery of Moroccan territory — proving a developing nation could reach orbit on a modest budget.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 614–633 mi (988–1,018 km)
- Inclination
- 99.8°
- One orbit
- 105.0 minutes13.7 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 27004
- Int’l designator
- 2001-056D
- Launched
- 2001
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 7 Nov 2026.
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