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CATSAT
US University CubeSat (Inflatable Antenna Technology) · University of Arizona (USA)
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CatSat, a University of Arizona student-built CubeSat testing a novel inflatable antenna technology — a compact structure that unfolds dramatically larger than the satellite bus that carried it, potentially enabling much higher data-rate communications from small, cheap satellites than a fixed antenna of the same launch volume could ever achieve.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 213–226 mi (343–364 km)
- Inclination
- 97.2°
- One orbit
- 91.5 minutes15.7 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 60246
- Int’l designator
- 2024-125J
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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