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TIGRISAT
Iraqi-American University CubeSat · University of Baghdad (Iraq) / Southern Illinois University
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TigriSat, a satellite built by students at Iraq's University of Baghdad in cooperation with US Southern Illinois University, launched in 2014 to give Iraqi engineering students hands-on satellite design experience through an international academic partnership.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 361–405 mi (581–651 km)
- Inclination
- 97.8°
- One orbit
- 96.9 minutes14.9 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 40043
- Int’l designator
- 2014-033AK
- Launched
- 2014
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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