ZACUBE-1 (TSHEPISOSAT) is a payload in SSO orbit, operated by Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Belleville Campus, launched 2013.
| Orbit class | SSO |
| Inclination | 97.8024° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0043453 |
| Period | 95.9 min |
| Apogee | 593 km |
| Perigee | 533 km |
| Mean motion | 15.01303291 rev/day |
| RAAN | 150.3724° |
| Arg of perigee | 181.7019° |
| Mean anomaly | 178.4064° |
| B* | 1.7263e-4 |
| Rev at epoch | 68,369 |
1 39417U 13066B 26187.93669308 .00002201 00000-0 17263-3 0 99952 39417 97.8024 150.3724 0043453 181.7019 178.4064 15.01303291683691{
"OBJECT_NAME": "ZACUBE-1 (TSHEPISOSAT)",
"OBJECT_ID": "2013-066B",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-06T22:28:50.282+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 15.01303291,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0043453,
"INCLINATION": 97.8024,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 150.3724,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 181.7019,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 178.4064,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 39417,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 68369,
"BSTAR": 0.00017263,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00002201,
"MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.
| Name | ZACUBE-1 (TSHEPISOSAT) |
| Operator | Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Belleville CampusHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree |
| Country | South Africa |
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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
| Mission purpose | — |
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