Orbit Inclination: 96.5 degrees
Period: 100.0 minutes
Perigee: 644.0 km
Apogee: 857.0 km

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[Text Source: University of Stellenbosch]
[Image Source: NASA ILRS, http://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/satellite_missions/list_of_satellites/sun... ]

Sunsat is a micro-satellite built by ... post-graduate engineering
students in the Electronic Systems Laboratory, in the Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of
Stellenbosch.It was launched in 1999 on a Delta II Launch
Vehicle. Payloads include NASA experiments, Radio Amateur
communications, a high resolution imager, precision attitude
control, and school experiments. SUNSAT was launched on the 11th
attempt at 10h29:45 GMT on 23 February 1999 and went out of
service on January 19, 2001 due to hardware failure.

Additional information available at
http://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/satellite_missions/list_of_satellites/sun...

http://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/satellite_missions/list_of_satellites/suns_general.html
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1999-008C