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ION SCV-015
Commercial Orbital Transfer Vehicle · D-Orbit (Italy)
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ION SCV-015, one of D-Orbit's orbital transfer vehicles, deploying multiple small satellites to their individual final orbits after a shared rocket launch — a satellite whose entire job is being a bus for other, smaller satellites. D-Orbit has become one of the most active orbital transfer vehicle operators in the industry, letting smaller satellite companies skip the scheduling constraints of a dedicated launch.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 286–295 mi (461–475 km)
- Inclination
- 97.6°
- One orbit
- 93.8 minutes15.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 58469
- Int’l designator
- 2023-185H
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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