CURTIS - Norad ID: 59483
| Spacetrack Directory Name | MicroOrbiter-1 |
| Alternative name | CURTIS |
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| Country/organisation of origin | Japonia (JPN) |
| Starting point | TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan) |
| Perigee | 411 km |
| Apogee | 417 km |
OBJECT A, 59483 was a satellite owned by Micro Orbiter (JP) in LEO that was delivered to and deployed from the ISS. Unknown objects in Earths orbit typically refer to objects detected orbiting the Earth but have not yet been identified or cataloged. These objects could be anything from previously untracked satellites, spent rocket stages, debris from satellite collisions, or even natural meteoroids temporarily captured by Earths gravity. This objects orbit decayed before it could be identified.
satellite MicroOrbiter-1 Date of exalting 20.11.1998y.