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SPACEVAN-001
Commercial Technology Demonstrator · Commercial Operator
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SpaceVan-001, a commercial technology demonstration satellite testing compact bus hardware for future small-satellite missions. compact bus hardware for future small-satellite missions, part of the growing ecosystem of standardized satellite platforms that let smaller companies build a mission around proven hardware rather than designing an entire spacecraft from scratch.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 238–245 mi (384–394 km)
- Inclination
- 97.4°
- One orbit
- 92.2 minutes15.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 58295
- Int’l designator
- 2023-174AR
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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