CUTE-1

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite CUTE-1 at a glance.

Uptime

8101

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.2

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.7

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for CUTE-1.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: CUTE-1

International designator: 2003-031E

Object number (NORAD): 27844

Object ID (CCSDS): 27844

Country: JAPAN (JPN)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 101.12 minutes

Inclination: 98.6788 deg

SMA: 7189.802 km

Apoapsis: 817.851 km

Periapsis: 805.483 km

RAAN: 252.7451 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00086011

Argument of periapsis: 305.4181 deg

Mean anomaly: 54.6194 deg

Mean motion: 14.24057003 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000739 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00034030693 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 11:42 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 1:23 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 CUTE-1

TLE line 1: 1 27844U 03031E 25245.55783311 .00000739 00000-0 34031-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 27844 98.6788 252.7451 0008601 305.4181 54.6194 14.24057003150737

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Real-time ground track for satellite CUTE-1.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

MIMOSA (Micro Measurements Of Satellite Acceleration) is a microsatellite to measure atmospheric drag.

CUTE-1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Rokot / Briz-KM | Mimosa’, on board a Rokot/Briz-KM space rocket.

The launch took place on June 30, 2003, 2:15 p.m. from 133/3 (133L).

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Launch to space Rokot / Briz-KM | Mimosa
Rokot / Briz-KM | Mimosa

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: June 30, 2003, 2:15 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Rokot/Briz-KM

Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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