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ISTSAT-1
Portuguese University CubeSat (Founding Mission) · Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal)
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ISTSat-1, Portugal's first university-built CubeSat, testing compact automatic identification system (AIS) ship-tracking hardware — Portuguese engineering students' entry into the crowded small-satellite maritime monitoring field, giving the country hands-on satellite engineering experience. giving Portuguese engineering students hands-on satellite engineering experience and establishing an initial national foothold in small-satellite technology, part of a broader wave of European nations building sovereign space capability.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 322–342 mi (518–551 km)
- Inclination
- 62.0°
- One orbit
- 95.2 minutes15.1 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 60238
- Int’l designator
- 2024-128D
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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