| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Picard |
| Country of Operator/Owner | France |
| Operator/Owner | Centre National d´Etudes Spatiales (CNES) |
| Users | Government |
| Purpose | Solar Physics |
| Class of Orbit | LEO |
| Type of Orbit | Sun-Synchronous |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 0 |
| Perigee (km) | 725 |
| Apogee (km) | 729 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000281809215161336 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 98.3 |
| Period (minutes) | 99.3 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 150 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | |
| Power (watts) | |
| Date of Launch | 15-06-2010 |
| Expected Lifetime | 2 yrs. |
| Contractor | EADS Astrium |
| Country of Contractor | France/UK/Germany/Spain |
| Launch Site | Dombarovskiy Launch Facility |
| Launch Vehicle | Dnepr |
| COSPAR Number | 2010-028A |
| NORAD Number | 36598 |
| Comments | Simultaneous measurement of the absolute total and spectral solar irradiance, diameter and solar shape, studying the sun´s interior through helioseismology. |