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CANX-5
Canadian Nanosatellite (Autonomous Formation Flying) · University of Toronto (UTIAS/SFL)
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CanX-5, the formation-flying partner to CanX-4, together demonstrating that two small Canadian-built satellites could autonomously maintain a precise relative position in orbit — a capability with applications ranging from synthetic aperture radar interferometry to distributed telescope arrays.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 385–397 mi (619–639 km)
- Inclination
- 98.3°
- One orbit
- 97.1 minutes14.8 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 40056
- Int’l designator
- 2014-034D
- Launched
- 2014
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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