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NANOSAT-1
Spanish Technology Demonstrator (Founding Satellite) · INTA (Spain)
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Nanosat-1, Spain's first domestically built satellite, launched in 2004 to test store-and-forward communications and space environment monitoring instruments — a foundational mission for Spain's national small-satellite engineering program.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 391–395 mi (630–635 km)
- Inclination
- 98.2°
- One orbit
- 97.2 minutes14.8 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 28493
- Int’l designator
- 2004-049B
- Launched
- 2004
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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