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PICO-01A003
Technology Demonstrator (Picosatellite) · Commercial/University Operator
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Pico-01A003, a small technology demonstration satellite testing compact bus hardware at the smallest end of the CubeSat scale, part of the ongoing miniaturization trend that has pushed useful satellite technology into increasingly tiny packages. part of the ongoing miniaturization trend that has pushed genuinely useful satellite technology into increasingly tiny packages, sometimes barely larger than a deck of playing cards.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 259–264 mi (417–425 km)
- Inclination
- 97.4°
- One orbit
- 92.8 minutes15.5 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 58326
- Int’l designator
- 2023-174BY
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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