NEE-02 Krysaor
| Mission type | Technology demonstration |
|---|---|
| Operator | Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency |
| COSPAR ID | 2013-066AB |
| SATCAT no. | 39441 |
| Website | www |
| Mission duration | Design: 1 year Elapsed: 11 years, 6 months, 27 days |
| Orbits completed | 15,074 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | 1U CubeSat |
| Manufacturer | Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency |
| Launch mass | 1.2 kg (2.6 lb) |
| Dimensions | 10×10 cm (3.9×3.9 in) |
| Power | 127 watts maximum |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 21 November 2013, 07:10 UTC |
| Rocket | Dnepr |
| Launch site | Dombarovsky 370/13 |
| Entered service | 25 January 2014 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Sun-synchronous |
| Semi-major axis | 7,024.99 km (4,365.13 mi) |
| Eccentricity | 0.0083597 |
| Perigee altitude | 588.13 km (365.45 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 705.58 km (438.43 mi) |
| Inclination | 97.6637 degrees |
| Period | 97.66 minutes |
| Mean motion | 14.74 |
| Epoch | 10 September 2016, 08:01:29 UTC |
NEE-02 Krysaor is an Ecuadorian technology demonstration satellite, and Ecuador's second satellite launched to space. Built by the Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency (EXA), it is a single-unit CubeSat nanosatellite. Krysaor is a Pegasus-class spacecraft, a "twin" of Ecuador's first satellite, NEE-01 Pegaso. Like Pegaso, this spacecraft's instruments include a dual visible and infrared camera which allows the spacecraft to take pictures and transmit live video from space.