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TYVAK-182A
Commercial Satellite Bus Technology Demonstrator · Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems
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Tyvak-182A, one of Tyvak's commercial small-satellite bus demonstrations, testing hardware later sold to government and commercial customers building their own missions on Tyvak's standardized platform.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 339–344 mi (546–554 km)
- Inclination
- 97.6°
- One orbit
- 95.5 minutes15.1 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 48271
- Int’l designator
- 2021-034D
- Launched
- 2021
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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