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NETSAT-4
German Inter-Satellite Networking Formation Demonstrator · University of Würzburg (Germany)
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NetSat-4, one of four identical German CubeSats flying in a coordinated formation specifically to test how small satellites might communicate directly with each other rather than always routing through the ground — a rehearsal for the kind of mesh-networked satellite swarms now central to constellations like Starlink and the US Space Development Agency's Transport Layer.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 265–269 mi (427–432 km)
- Inclination
- 97.9°
- One orbit
- 93.0 minutes15.5 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 46504
- Int’l designator
- 2020-068U
- Launched
- 2020
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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