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UKUBE-1
UK CubeSat (Multi-Payload Technology Demonstrator) · UK Space Agency / Clyde Space
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UKube-1, the United Kingdom's first CubeSat funded through the UK Space Agency, launched in 2014 to test a GPS occultation weather instrument, a Fun Cube amateur radio educational payload, and one of the first genuine attempts to demonstrate 3D-camera technology from orbit.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 326–327 mi (524–527 km)
- Inclination
- 98.4°
- One orbit
- 95.0 minutes15.2 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 40074
- Int’l designator
- 2014-037F
- Launched
- 2014
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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