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ITUPSAT1
Turkish University CubeSat · Istanbul Technical University (Turkey)
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ITU-pSAT1, Istanbul Technical University's first CubeSat, launched in 2009 to test basic satellite bus technologies and give Turkish engineering students hands-on experience years before Turkey's more advanced national satellite programs — including the domestically built İMECE — came online.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 429–435 mi (691–700 km)
- Inclination
- 98.4°
- One orbit
- 98.5 minutes14.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 35935
- Int’l designator
- 2009-051E
- Launched
- 2009
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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