| 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 |