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APRIZESAT 1
IoT / Machine-to-Machine (Founding Satellite) · SpaceQuest
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The first satellite in SpaceQuest's AprizesSat constellation — the founding spacecraft of a commercial satellite messaging network that would eventually grow to ten satellites. AprizeSat-1 pioneered the 'bent pipe' store-and-forward relay model for remote asset tracking, proving the business case years before satellite IoT became a crowded commercial category populated by Spire, Swarm, and dozens of competitors.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 431–469 mi (693–755 km)
- Inclination
- 98.6°
- One orbit
- 99.1 minutes14.5 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 28372
- Int’l designator
- 2004-025G
- Launched
- 2004
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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