Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Sentinel 1A |
Country of Operator/Owner |
ESA |
Operator/Owner |
European Space Agency |
Users |
Government |
Purpose |
Earth Observation |
Class of Orbit |
LEO |
Type of Orbit |
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Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
0 |
Perigee (km) |
691 |
Apogee (km) |
693 |
Eccentricity |
0.000141602945341263 |
Inclination (degrees) |
98.16 |
Period (minutes) |
98.61 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
2300 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
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Power (watts) |
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Date of Launch |
03-04-2014 |
Expected Lifetime |
7 yrs. |
Contractor |
Thales Alenia Space Italia |
Country of Contractor |
Italy |
Launch Site |
Guiana Space Center |
Launch Vehicle |
Soyuz |
COSPAR Number |
2014-016A |
NORAD Number |
39634 |
Comments |
Part of ESA´s Copernicus constellation, the EU contribution to GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems). |