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NEE-02 Krysaor | |
Mission Type: | Technology demonstration |
Cospar Id: | 2013-066AB |
Satcat: | 39441 |
Mission Duration: | Design: 1 year Elapsed: |
Orbits Completed: | 15,074[1] |
Spacecraft Type: | 1U CubeSat |
Manufacturer: | Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency |
Launch Mass: | 1.2kg (02.6lb) |
Dimensions: | 10* |
Power: | 127 watts maximum |
Launch Date: | UTC |
Launch Rocket: | Dnepr |
Launch Site: | Dombarovsky 370/13 |
Entered Service: | 25 January 2014 |
Orbit Epoch: | 10 September 2016, 08:01:29 UTC |
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
Orbit Regime: | Sun-synchronous |
Orbit Periapsis: | 588.13km (365.45miles) |
Orbit Apoapsis: | 705.58km (438.43miles) |
Orbit Inclination: | 97.6637 degrees |
Orbit Semimajor: | 7024.99km (4,365.13miles) |
Orbit Eccentricity: | 0.0083597 |
Orbit Period: | 97.66 minutes |
Orbit Mean Motion: | 14.74 |
Apsis: | gee |
NEE-02 Krysaor is an Ecuadorian technology demonstration satellite, and Ecuador's second satellite launched to space. Built by the Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency (EXA), it is a single-unit CubeSat nanosatellite. Krysaor is a Pegasus-class spacecraft, a "twin" of Ecuador's first satellite, NEE-01 Pegaso. Like Pegaso, this spacecraft's instruments include a dual visible and infrared camera which allows the spacecraft to take pictures and transmit live video from space.