PEARLAFRICASAT-1

NORAD ID: 54535

COSPAR ID: 1998-067UM

Country: Uganda

Active: No

Details

Use: Educational

Purpose: Technology Demonstration

Operator: Uganda Communications Commission

Mass: 1 kg

Description: PEARLAFRICASAT-1 was Uganda's first satellite, part of the BIRDS-5 project, aimed at technology demonstration and educational purposes.

Orbit

Orbit Class: LEO

Launch Information

Date: 1998/11/20 (UTC)

Country: Kazakhstan

Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome

Provider: Roscosmos

Vehicle: Zenit-2