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SPARK 2
UAE-UK University CubeSat · American University of Sharjah (UAE) / Surrey Space Centre
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SPARK-2, the companion satellite to SPARK-1, part of the same UAE-UK academic partnership building the country's early satellite engineering talent base years before the UAE's more advanced Hope Mars Mission and national astronaut program.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 424–446 mi (682–718 km)
- Inclination
- 98.6°
- One orbit
- 98.6 minutes14.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 41901
- Int’l designator
- 2016-081D
- Launched
- 2016
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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