Libertad 1 Explained

Libertad 1
Operator:Sergio Arboleda University
Website:Libertad 1 Space Program
Launch Site:Baikonur 109/95
Launch Contractor:ISC Kosmotras
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:645.8 km
Orbit Apoapsis:781.1 km
Orbit Inclination:98.1°
Orbit Period:98.9 minutes
Apsis:gee

Libertad 1 ('Freedom 1') is a single CubeSat built by the Space Program of the Sergio Arboleda University in Colombia. It is the first Colombian satellite sent to orbit. It was launched aboard a Dnepr rocket on April 17, 2007 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan and became the first Colombian satellite to orbit the Earth. It used a telemetric payload to keep it in communication with the University. It was expected to have a 50-day lifespan, however news reports two years after it was launched stated the satellite was still working and sending information, passing over Colombia twice a day.

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