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.