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AFR-1
Commercial Technology Demonstrator · Commercial Operator
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AFR-1, a commercial technology demonstration satellite testing compact hardware for future small-satellite missions. Technology demonstrators at this scale rarely get individual press coverage, but they're the unglamorous testing ground where new satellite hardware gets proven reliable before it's trusted with a larger, more expensive operational mission.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 295–304 mi (475–489 km)
- Inclination
- 97.6°
- One orbit
- 94.1 minutes15.3 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 56964
- Int’l designator
- 2023-084AJ
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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