ZIMSAT-1

NORAD ID: 54537

COSPAR ID: 1998-067UP

Country: flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

Active: No

Details

Use: Educational

Purpose: Technology Demonstration

Operator: Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency

Mass: 1 kg

Description: ZIMSAT-1 was Zimbabwe's first satellite, a 1U CubeSat for technology demonstration and educational purposes.

Orbit

Orbit Class: LEO

Launch Information

Date: 1998/11/20 (UTC)

Country: flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan

Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome

Provider: Roscosmos

Vehicle: Zenit-2

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