Science
ERNST
Technology Demonstrator · Commercial/University Operator
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ERNST, a commercial technology demonstration satellite testing compact sensor and communications hardware for future missions. for future missions, part of the broader wave of low-cost technology demonstrators that modern rideshare launches have made increasingly routine rather than a rare, high-stakes event.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 275–279 mi (443–449 km)
- Inclination
- 97.4°
- One orbit
- 93.4 minutes15.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 60528
- Int’l designator
- 2024-149BN
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.