Orbcomm FM104 - Norad ID: 40090
| Spacetrack Directory Name | ORBCOMM FM104 |
| Alternative name | Orbcomm FM104 |
| Group | ORBCOMM |
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| Country/organisation of origin | ORBCOMM (ORB) |
| Starting point | AFETR (Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral, USA) |
| Type | Satellite |
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| Perigee | 701 km |
| Apogee | 727 km |
ORBCOMM FM104, also known as Orbcomm FM104, is a communication satellite launched on July 14, 2014, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station using the Falcon 9 launch vehicle. It has dimensions of 1 meter in length, 0.5 meters in diameter, and a span of 13 meters. The satellite features an Orbcomm payload and AIS-receiver for communication M2M/IoT and traffic monitoring purposes. With a dry mass of 158 kilograms and launch mass of 172 kilograms, it is equipped with deployable solar arrays and batteries to provide power. Manufactured by SNVL, ORBCOMM FM104 operates in a shape described as box+pan+ant and has an RCS value of 0.4378. The satellites expected lifetime exceeds five years.
satellite ORBCOMM FM104 Date of exalting 14.07.2014y.