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August 2015

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Flock 1b-28

NORAD ID: 40423
Released from ISS: February 27, 2015 - 14:30 UTC
Origin: USA
Inclination: 51.6°
Re-Entry Prediction: August 7, 2015 - 20:52 UTC +/- 34 Minutes
Re-Entry Zone: Unknown

Flock-1 represents a constellation of three-unit CubeSats operated by Planet Labs to build an Earth-observation constellation based on CubeSats. The satellites were first released from ISS in February 2014 to start orbiting Earth for several months, acquiring images of chosen ground targets.

>>>Detailed Overview

Re-Entry Orbit

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Kosmos Rocket Body

NORAD ID: 37955
Origin: Japan
Object: H-IIA Rocket Body
Type: H-IIA Second Stage
Inclination: 97.3°
Launched: December 12, 2011 - 01:21 UTC
Launch Vehicle: H-IIA 202
Launch Site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Re-Entry Prediction: August 7, 2015 - 23:15 UTC +/- 1 Minute
Re-Entry Zone: Pacific Ocean

Launched the IGS 7A Reconnaissance Satellite

Re-Entry Zone

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MICROMAS

NORAD ID: 40457
Origin: USA
Object: Micro-MAS
Type: 3U CubeSat
Mass: 5kg
Inclination: 51.6°
Launched: July 13, 2014 - 16:52 UTC (Cygnus Orb-2)
Launch Vehicle: Antares
Launch Site: Pad 0A, MARS, Wallops
Released from ISS: March 4, 2015 - 8:30 UTC

Re-Entry Prediction: August 1, 2015 - 16:02 UTC +/- 60 Minutes
Re-Entry Zone: Unknown

The MicroMAS-1 satellite, short for Micro-sized Microwave Atmospheric Satellite-1, is a 3U CubeSat project of the MIT/LL (Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Lincoln Laboratory), MIT/SSL (Space Systems Laboratory) and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Micro-MAS carries a nine-channel passive microwave radiometer to demonstrate miniaturized radiometer technology in space for application in ultra-compact spacecraft systems such as a high-performance multi-band sounder for future weather satellites.

The low-cost, mission-flexible Micro-MAS bus could find use in the development of a constellation of radiometer satellites that could provide near-continuous coverage. A continuous coverage would be desired as the current coverage using high-cost platforms has a longer revisit time leading to gaps in data during which rapid changes in storms can be missed.

Re-Entry Orbits

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Soyuz 2-1B Rocket Body

NORAD ID: 40359
Origin: CIS
Object: SL-4 R/B
Type: Soyuz 2-1B Modified Block I Stage
Mass: 2,355kg
Inclination: 67.1°
Launched: December 25, 2015 - 03:01 UTC
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 2-1A
Launch Site: 43/4 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Re-Entry Prediction: August 1, 2015 - 08:09 UTC +/- 1 Minute
Re-Entry Zone: Atlantic Ocean


Launched the Lotos-S #2 Electronic Intelligence Satellite

>>>Satellite Overview and Launch Updates

Re-Entry Zone

Image: Orbitron

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