Satellite OPTOS of Spanish Space Agency

Name of Satellite, Alternate Names OPTOS
Country of Operator/Owner Spain
Operator/Owner Spanish Space Agency
Users Government
Purpose Technology Development
Class of Orbit LEO
Type of Orbit Sun-Synchronous
Longitude of GEO (degrees) 0
Perigee (km) 594
Apogee (km) 797
Eccentricity 0.0143655792229849
Inclination (degrees) 97.8
Period (minutes) 98.7
Launch Mass (kg.) 3
Dry Mass (kg.)
Power (watts)
Date of Launch 21-11-2013
Expected Lifetime
Contractor Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aerospacial (INTA)
Country of Contractor Spain
Launch Site Dombarovskiy Launch Facility
Launch Vehicle Dnepr
COSPAR Number 2013-066E
NORAD Number 39420
Comments Study degradation of lenses in space environment by imaging the same region repeatedly under the same light conditions, FIBOS (Fiber Bragg Gratings for Optical Sensing) to measure temperature, and the GMR (Giant Magneto-Resistance) system to study magnetic fluxes in the Earth´s magnetic field.

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