Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Geotail (Geomagnetic Tail Laboratory) |
Country of Operator/Owner |
Multinational |
Operator/Owner |
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)/NASA/ESA |
Users |
Government |
Purpose |
Space Physics |
Class of Orbit |
Elliptical |
Type of Orbit |
Deep Highly Eccentric |
Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
0 |
Perigee (km) |
3905 |
Apogee (km) |
104552 |
Eccentricity |
0.830441347558108 |
Inclination (degrees) |
22.3 |
Period (minutes) |
2474.83 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
980 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
|
Power (watts) |
273 |
Date of Launch |
24-07-1992 |
Expected Lifetime |
|
Contractor |
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Cape Canaveral |
Launch Vehicle |
Delta 2 |
COSPAR Number |
1992-044A |
NORAD Number |
22049 |
Comments |
Study the dynamics of the Earth´s magnetotail over a wide range of distance |