Communications
APRIZESAT 5
IoT / Machine-to-Machine · SpaceQuest
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Expanding SpaceQuest's satellite messaging constellation. AprizesSat satellites popularized the 'bent pipe' IoT relay model — devices send bursts to overhead satellites that store the data and dump it to ground stations when visible, enabling asset tracking anywhere on Earth with simple, low-power transmitters.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 368–414 mi (592–667 km)
- Inclination
- 98.2°
- One orbit
- 97.2 minutes14.8 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 37792
- Int’l designator
- 2011-044E
- Launched
- 2011
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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