Science

2024-199S

Unconfirmed (rideshare cluster) · GK Launch Services / various Russian institutions

This object belongs to the same crowded November 4, 2024 Vostochny rideshare launch as several of its catalog neighbors — COSPAR designation 2024-199 — which combined Russia's Ionosfera-M ionospheric research satellites with roughly two dozen small satellites contributed by universities and technical institutes nationwide. Unlike some of the named CubeSats in the same batch, this particular object's builder and mission could not be matched with confidence to a public source during research. Given how many nearly identical small satellites flew on this single mission, precise identification for objects like this one typically requires cross-referencing directly against an authoritative catalog rather than general news coverage of the launch.