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PODSAT
Technology Demonstrator · Commercial / University
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PODSAT, a small technology demonstration satellite launched into an unusually low 27° inclination, testing compact communications hardware for future small-satellite missions targeting equatorial coverage.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Highly Ellipticalswings far out, then dives back close to Earth
- Altitude
- 126–4,308 mi (203–6,933 km)
- Inclination
- 26.8°
- One orbit
- 164.4 minutes8.8 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 43229
- Int’l designator
- 2018-023B
- Launched
- 2018
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 6 Nov 2026.
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