Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
THEMIS A (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms) |
Country of Operator/Owner |
Multinational |
Operator/Owner |
NASA/University of California, Berkeley (in partnership with Germany, France, Austria, Canada) |
Users |
Government/Civil |
Purpose |
Space Physics |
Class of Orbit |
Elliptical |
Type of Orbit |
|
Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
0 |
Perigee (km) |
461 |
Apogee (km) |
87304 |
Eccentricity |
0.864066464355007 |
Inclination (degrees) |
15.7 |
Period (minutes) |
1868.98 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
126 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
77 |
Power (watts) |
40 |
Date of Launch |
17-02-2007 |
Expected Lifetime |
2 yrs. |
Contractor |
Swales Aerospace |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Cape Canaveral |
Launch Vehicle |
Delta 2 |
COSPAR Number |
2007-004A |
NORAD Number |
30580 |
Comments |
Five phase mission to study Earth´s auroras; mission extended to 2012. Themis B and C retasked as Artemis mission to L1 and L2. |