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ORESAT0.5
US University CubeSat (Open-Source Design) · Portland State University (USA)
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OreSat0.5, an Oregon university student-built CubeSat testing open-source satellite hardware and software designs specifically so other universities and hobbyists could freely replicate the project — part of a small but growing open-source small-satellite movement.-source satellite hardware and software designs specifically so other universities and hobbyists could freely replicate the project, part of a small but growing open-hardware movement across the small-satellite community.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 262–266 mi (422–427 km)
- Inclination
- 97.4°
- One orbit
- 92.9 minutes15.5 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 60525
- Int’l designator
- 2024-149BK
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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