MEGSAT 1

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite MEGSAT 1 at a glance.

Uptime

9051

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.0

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

64.6

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for MEGSAT 1.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: MEGSAT 1

International designator: 2000-057B

Object number (NORAD): 26546

Object ID (CCSDS): 26546

Country: ITALY (IT)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 95.842 minutes

Inclination: 64.5515 deg

SMA: 6937.39 km

Apoapsis: 573.288 km

Periapsis: 545.222 km

RAAN: 95.1119 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0020228

Argument of periapsis: 310.9662 deg

Mean anomaly: 48.9703 deg

Mean motion: 15.02479666 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.000024 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00019246 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 6, 2025, 6:12 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 MEGSAT 1

TLE line 1: 1 26546U 00057B 25187.25874628 .00002400 00000-0 19246-3 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 26546 64.5515 95.1119 0020228 310.9662 48.9703 15.02479666345636

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Associated space launch

Four small satellites were launched atop the Dnepr launch vehicle : MegSat 1, UniSat 1, TiungSat 1 as well as SaudiSat 1a and 1b. MegSat 1 is the second MegSat satellite. It is a LEO communications satellite. UniSat 1 is an Italian satellite developed and operated by GAUSS (La Sapienza University of Rome). TiungSAT-1 or MySat (Malaysian Satellite) is the first microsatellite for the Astronautic Technology (M) SDN. BHD. Company (ATSB) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Saudisat-1a and Saudisat-1b (Saudi Arabian Satellite) are the first Saudi Arabian micro satellites.

MEGSAT 1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Dnepr | SmallSat Rideshare’, on board a Dnepr space rocket.

The launch took place on Sept. 26, 2000, 10:05 a.m. from 109/95.

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Launch to space Dnepr | SmallSat Rideshare
Dnepr | SmallSat Rideshare

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Sept. 26, 2000, 10:05 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Dnepr

Launch pad: 109/95

Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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