Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Pléiades HR1B |
Country of Operator/Owner |
France |
Operator/Owner |
Ministry of Defense/Centre National d´Etudes Spatiales (CNES) - cooperation with Austria, Belgium, Spain, Sweden |
Users |
Government |
Purpose |
Earth Observation |
Class of Orbit |
LEO |
Type of Orbit |
Sun-Synchronous |
Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
0 |
Perigee (km) |
678 |
Apogee (km) |
691 |
Eccentricity |
0.000921397689418102 |
Inclination (degrees) |
98.5 |
Period (minutes) |
98.45 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
970 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
|
Power (watts) |
|
Date of Launch |
02-12-2012 |
Expected Lifetime |
5 yrs. |
Contractor |
Astrium |
Country of Contractor |
France |
Launch Site |
Guiana Space Center |
Launch Vehicle |
Soyuz STA/Fregat |
COSPAR Number |
2012-068A |
NORAD Number |
39019 |
Comments |
Both government and military. |