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FALCONSAT-10
US Military Academy Cadet-Built Satellite · US Air Force Academy
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FalconSAT-10, the tenth in a series of US Air Force Academy cadet-built satellites, testing plasma physics and space environment sensors — part of a decades-long program giving Air Force Academy students direct hands-on satellite design and mission operations experience before they enter active service.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 298–304 mi (479–490 km)
- Inclination
- 97.4°
- One orbit
- 94.2 minutes15.3 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 58291
- Int’l designator
- 2023-174AM
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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