Satellite Rumba (part of Cluster quartet, Cluster 2 FM5) of European Space Agency (and 250 international scientific investigators)

Name of Satellite, Alternate Names Rumba (part of Cluster quartet, Cluster 2 FM5)
Country of Operator/Owner ESA
Operator/Owner European Space Agency (and 250 international scientific investigators)
Users Government
Purpose Space Physics
Class of Orbit Elliptical
Type of Orbit Deep Highly Eccentric
Longitude of GEO (degrees) 0
Perigee (km) 17240
Apogee (km) 120715
Eccentricity 0.686651846444806
Inclination (degrees) 90.8
Period (minutes) 3431.1
Launch Mass (kg.) 1200
Dry Mass (kg.) 478
Power (watts) 224
Date of Launch 09-08-2000
Expected Lifetime 4 yrs.
Contractor Dornier Systems (Astrium) and 35 subcontractors
Country of Contractor International
Launch Site Baikonur Cosmodrome
Launch Vehicle Soyuz
COSPAR Number 2000-045A
NORAD Number 26463
Comments Collection of four spacecraft flying in formation around the earth, relaying detailed information about solar wind´s affect on our planet in three dimensions.

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