Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Odin |
Country of Operator/Owner |
Sweden |
Operator/Owner |
Swedish National Space Board |
Users |
Government |
Purpose |
Astrophysics/Earth Science |
Class of Orbit |
LEO |
Type of Orbit |
Sun-Synchronous |
Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
0 |
Perigee (km) |
569 |
Apogee (km) |
573 |
Eccentricity |
0.000288142918887768 |
Inclination (degrees) |
97.6 |
Period (minutes) |
96.1 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
250 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
170 |
Power (watts) |
340 |
Date of Launch |
20-02-2001 |
Expected Lifetime |
2 yrs. |
Contractor |
Swedish Space Corporation/Canadian Space Agency/National Technology Agency of Finland/Centre National d´Etudes Spatiales |
Country of Contractor |
Sweden/Canada/Finland/France |
Launch Site |
Svobodny Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle |
Start 1 |
COSPAR Number |
2001-007A |
NORAD Number |
26702 |
Comments |
Originally two scientific disciplines on a single spacecraft in studies of star formation/early solar system (astronomy) and of the mechanisms behind the depletion of the ozone layer in the earth atmosphere and the effects of global warming (aeronomy); astronomy mission has ended. |