CAPSAT 1
Satellite information CAPSAT 1 - 1998-067UH
| Spacetrack Directory Name | CAPSAT 1 |
| Alternative name | 1998-067UH |
| Orbit launches |
1998-11-20 |
| Deorbitation date |
2023-01-28 |
| Days in orbit | 8835 |
| Country/organisation of origin | USA (US) |
| Starting point | TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan) |
| Perigee | 411 km |
| Apogee | 416 km |
Additional information CAPSAT 1
Educational mission to establish a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) program featuring a hands-on, research-focused approach, to foster student?s natural curiosity and to facilitate excellence via individual and team competitions. CapSat will measure capacitance and the discharge rate of capacitors as a function of time to test the efficiency of using capacitors as an electrical power system in place of lithium-ion batteries.
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