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French military satellite This article is about the French satellite. For the American Lunar probe, see Clementine (spacecraft).

Clémentine
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	reconnaissance satellite
COSPAR ID	1999-064B
SATCAT no.	25978


Bus	SSTL-70
Manufacturer	Alcatel Space · Surrey Satellite Technology
Launch mass	50 kg (110 lb)
Dimensions	0.6 × 0.3 × 0.3 m (1.97 × 0.98 × 0.98 ft)


Start of mission
Launch date	3 December 1999, 16:22 (1999-12-03UTC16:22) UTC
Rocket	Ariane 4 V-124
Launch site	Guiana Space Centre ELA-2
Contractor	Arianespace


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Sun-synchronous
Eccentricity	0.0009381
Perigee altitude	573 km (356 mi)
Apogee altitude	586 km (364 mi)
Inclination	98.2500°
Mean motion	14.96 rev/day
Epoch	27 December 2016, 12:25:58 UTC

Clémentine is a small satellite built by Alcatel Space (now Thales) for the French DGA, ostensibly "to study the Earth's radio-electrical environment from space."

It is a successor to the Cerise satellite.

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-01-17. Retrieved 2007-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Recent Launches. Archived 2004-08-26 at the Wayback Machine Jonathan's Space Report. #413. December 5, 1999.

Earth reconnaissance satellites (excluding China, Russia and the United States)

France

IMINT	Hélios IA & IB Hélios 2A & 2B Pléiades IA & IB Pléiades Neo 3 & 4 CSO-1 CSO-2
SIGINT	Cerise Clémentine Essaim Elisa CERES (× 3)

Germany

Radar IMINT	SAR-Lupe TerraSAR-X TanDEM-X

India

IMINT	Cartosat-1 Cartosat-2 Cartosat-2A Cartosat-2B Cartosat-2C Cartosat-2D Cartosat-2E Cartosat-2F Cartosat-3 Microsat-R
Radar IMINT	RISAT-1 RISAT-2 RISAT-2B RISAT-2BR1 RISAT-1A
SIGINT	EMISAT

Israel

IMINT	Ofeq-5 Ofeq-7 Ofeq-9
Radar IMINT	Ofeq-8 (TecSAR) Ofeq-10 (TecSAR 2) Ofeq-11

Italy

Radar IMINT	COSMO-SkyMed

Japan

IMINT	IGS 1A/B IGS 2A/B IGS 3A IGS 4A/B IGS 5A IGS 6A IGS 7A IGS 8A/B

Pakistan

IMINT	PRSS-I

South Korea

IMINT	ANASIS-II

Spain

Radar IMINT	Paz

Turkey

IMINT	Göktürk-1 Göktürk-2 Göktürk-3

United Kingdom

IMINT	Carbonite-2

v t e ← 1998 Orbital launches in 1999 2000 →
January	Mars Polar Lander ROCSAT-1
February	Stardust Globalstar 23, Globalstar 36, Globalstar 38, Globalstar 40 Telstar 6 JCSAT-6 Soyuz TM-29 ARGOS, Ørsted, SUNSAT Arabsat 3A, Skynet 4E Globus No.15
March	Wide Field Infrared Explorer Globalstar 23, Globalstar 37, Globalstar 41, Globalstar 46 AsiaSat 3S DemoSat
April	Progress M-41, Sputnik 99 INSAT-2E USA-142 Eutelsat W3 Globalstar 19, Globalstar 42, Globalstar 44, Globalstar 45 Landsat 7 UoSAT-12 Ikonos-1 ABRIXAS, Megsat-0 USA-143
May	Orion 3 Feng Yun 1C, Shijian 5 TERRIERS, MUBLCOM Nimiq 1 USA-144 Oceansat-1, Kitsat-3, DLR-Tubsat STS-96 (Starshine 1)
June	Globalstar 25, Globalstar 47, Globalstar 49, Globalstar 52 Iridium 14A, Iridium 21A Astra 1H QuikSCAT FUSE
July	Gran' No.45 Molniya 3-50 Globalstar 30, Globalstar 32, Globalstar 35, Globalstar 51 Progress M-42 Okean-O No.1 STS-93 (Chandra) Globalstar 26, Globalstar 28, Globalstar 43, Globalstar 48
August	Telkom 1, Globalstar 24, Globalstar 27, Globalstar 53, Globalstar 54 Kosmos 2365 Kosmos 2366
September	Koreasat 3 Yamal-101, Yamal-102 Foton 12 Globalstar 33, Globalstar 50, Globalstar 55, Globalstar 58 EchoStar V Ikonos 2 Telstar 7 LMI-1 Resurs F-1M
October	USA-145 DirecTV-1R CBERS-1, SACI-1 Globalstar 31, Globalstar 56, Globalstar 57, Globalstar 59 Orion 2 Ekspress A1
November	GE-4 MTSAT-1 Shenzhou 1 Globalstar 29, Globalstar 34, Globalstar 39, Globalstar 61 USA-146
December	Hélios 1B, Clémentine Orbcomm FM30, Orbcomm FM31, Orbcomm FM32, Orbcomm FM33, Orbcomm FM34, Orbcomm FM35, Orbcomm FM36 XMM-Newton † VLS-1 V02 (SACI-2) USA-147 Terra STS-103 Arirang-1, ACRIMSAT, Millennial Galaxy 11 Kosmos 2367 Kosmos 2368
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

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