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LMRST-SAT
NASA Technology Demonstrator (Deep-Space Comms Precursor) · NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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LMRST-Sat, a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory CubeSat launched in 2015 to test a low-mass radio science transponder — miniaturized communications hardware intended for future deep-space CubeSat missions well beyond Earth orbit.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 312–434 mi (503–698 km)
- Inclination
- 64.8°
- One orbit
- 96.5 minutes14.9 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 40971
- Int’l designator
- 2015-058H
- Launched
- 2015
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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