A: ZACUBE-2 is a South African CubeSat, which is a type of miniaturized satellite. It was launched in 2018.

Q: When was ZACUBE-2 launched?

A: ZACUBE-2 was launched on December 27, 2018. The launch took place from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

Q: What type of satellite is ZACUBE-2?

A: ZACUBE-2 is a CubeSat, a miniaturized satellite constructed from 10cm-sided cubic modules. It was placed into a Sun-synchronous orbit.

Q: Which country is ZACUBE-2 associated with?

A: ZACUBE-2 is a South African satellite.

ZACUBE-2

southafrican cubesat

Vehicle cubesat Q63089350

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Key Facts

Country: South Africa^[1]
Space launch vehicle: Soyuz-2.1a^[2]
Parent astronomical body: Moon^[3]
Type of orbit: Sun-synchronous orbit^[4]
UTC date of spacecraft launch: December 27, 2018^[5]
Significant event: rocket launch^[6]

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Instance of CubeSat

Country South Africa

Properties

Parent astronomical body Moon

Significant event rocket launch

Space launch vehicle Soyuz-2.1a

Type of orbit Sun-synchronous orbit

Utc date of spacecraft launch December 27, 2018

External References (3)

Cospar id 2018-111AH

Google knowledge graph id /g/11fjxz1442

Scn 43907

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South Africa

Instance of 1

CubeSat

Significant event 1

rocket launch

Space launch vehicle 1

Soyuz-2.1a

Type of orbit 1

Sun-synchronous orbit

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ ZACUBE-2 — country (P17): South Africa. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ ZACUBE-2 — space launch vehicle (P375): Soyuz-2.1a. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ ZACUBE-2 — parent astronomical body (P397): Moon. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ ZACUBE-2 — type of orbit (P522): Sun-synchronous orbit. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ ZACUBE-2 — UTC date of spacecraft launch (P619): December 27, 2018. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ ZACUBE-2 — significant event (P793): rocket launch. wikidata.org.

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