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APEX ARIES 1
Commercial Standardized Satellite Bus (Founding Mission) · Apex Space
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Apex Aries 1, the first satellite built on Apex Space's standardized 'Aries' satellite bus — a company explicitly modeling itself on the idea that most satellite missions don't need a custom-designed spacecraft, just a proven, mass-producible platform with the customer's specific payload bolted on.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 241–245 mi (388–394 km)
- Inclination
- 97.6°
- One orbit
- 92.2 minutes15.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 59129
- Int’l designator
- 2024-043AH
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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