Planetum-1
Operator: the Prague Observatory and Planetarium
- Name of the discharging country or countries
Czech Republic together with the United States of America
- Appropriate space object identification or registration number
Planetum-1, COSPAR ID: 2022-057G, NORAD ID: 52738
- Date and territory or launch site
25 May 2022, United States of America, Florida, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, launch pad SLC-40)
- Basic orbit data
(a) orbital period
95 min
(b) inclination of the orbit
97.5 degrees
(c) apogee
540 km
(d) perigee
527.9 km
- General function of a space object
Planetum-1 is historically the 11th Czech/Czechoslovak satellite. It is a 1U CubeSat-sized nanosatellite that is primarily aimed at education and popularization. Planetum (the Prague Observatory and Planetarium) is the first institution of its kind in the world to put its own satellite into Earth orbit. More about the satellite: https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetum-1