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NESS
Technology Demonstrator · Commercial/University Operator
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NESS, a technology demonstration satellite testing compact sensor and communications hardware for future small-satellite missions. communications hardware for future small-satellite missions — the kind of low-profile technology test that rarely makes headlines but quietly feeds into the next generation of more capable operational satellites.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 291–295 mi (468–475 km)
- Inclination
- 97.6°
- One orbit
- 93.9 minutes15.3 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 58020
- Int’l designator
- 2023-155E
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 21 Sep 2026.
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