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CANX-2
Canadian Nanosatellite (Atmospheric Science) · University of Toronto (UTIAS/SFL)
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CanX-2, a Canadian nanosatellite built by the University of Toronto's Space Flight Laboratory and launched in 2008, remarkably still operational many years past its planned lifetime. It carried instruments studying atmospheric composition and tested formation-flying and GPS technologies later used in Canada's more advanced small-satellite missions — widely regarded as one of the most successful nanosatellites ever flown.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 338–348 mi (544–560 km)
- Inclination
- 97.9°
- One orbit
- 95.5 minutes15.1 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 32790
- Int’l designator
- 2008-021H
- Launched
- 2008
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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