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ZACUBE-1 (TSHEPISOSAT)
South African University CubeSat (Founding Satellite) · Cape Peninsula University of Technology (South Africa)
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ZACube-1 (TshepisoSat), South Africa's first CubeSat, built by students at Cape Peninsula University of Technology and launched in 2013 to monitor high-frequency radio propagation over the Southern Ocean — foundational work for South Africa's now much larger national space program.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 335–368 mi (538–592 km)
- Inclination
- 97.8°
- One orbit
- 95.8 minutes15.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 39417
- Int’l designator
- 2013-066B
- Launched
- 2013
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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