Communications
APRIZESAT 4
IoT / Machine-to-Machine · SpaceQuest
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One of SpaceQuest's AprizesSat IoT messaging constellation providing two-way data communication for remote asset tracking and environmental monitoring. These early IoT constellations pioneered the satellite data collection market that Globalstar, Iridium, and commercial startups now compete in fiercely — before the term 'satellite IoT' even existed.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 367–405 mi (591–651 km)
- Inclination
- 98.1°
- One orbit
- 97.0 minutes14.8 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 35684
- Int’l designator
- 2009-041D
- Launched
- 2009
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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