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SOAP
Technology Demonstrator CubeSat · Unspecified (Rideshare CubeSat)
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SOAP, a small technology demonstration CubeSat deployed as part of a large 2025 rideshare mission carrying dozens of small satellites to orbit simultaneously. Rideshare missions like this one have become the standard way universities, startups, and research institutions get compact experimental payloads to orbit — sharing a single rocket's excess capacity dramatically cuts the cost of testing new small-satellite technology compared to a dedicated launch.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 359–361 mi (578–582 km)
- Inclination
- 97.7°
- One orbit
- 96.1 minutes15.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 63263
- Int’l designator
- 2025-052BF
- Launched
- 2025
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.