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UNISAT-6
Italian University CubeSat Deployer Satellite · GAUSS Srl (Italy) / University of Rome
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UniSat-6, an Italian university technology demonstration satellite built by GAUSS Srl, launched in 2014 carrying multiple small experiments and deployable picosatellites — effectively a satellite that releases even smaller satellites once in orbit.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 357–397 mi (574–638 km)
- Inclination
- 97.8°
- One orbit
- 96.7 minutes14.9 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 40012
- Int’l designator
- 2014-033C
- Launched
- 2014
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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