Mission type | Amateur radio satellite |
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COSPAR ID | 1993-061C |
SATCAT no. | 22825 |
Mission duration | Elasped: 31 years, 3 months and 5 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | Microsat |
Manufacturer | Interferometrics Inc. |
Launch mass | 11.8 kg (26 lb) |
Dimensions | 15 cm × 15 cm × 15 cm (5.9 in × 5.9 in × 5.9 in) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 26 September 1993, 01:45 UTC |
Rocket | Ariane-40 V59 |
Launch site | Kourou ELA-2 |
Contractor | Arianespace |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Eccentricity | 0.00202 |
Peri altitude | 794 km (493 mi) |
Apo altitude | 823 km (511 mi) |
Inclination | 98.5° |
Period | 101 minutes |
Epoch | 26 September 1993 |
Error: no value specified for required parameter "apsis" | |
Eyesat-A was launched on September 26, 1993 using an Ariane 4 rocket at Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana, along with SPOT-3, Stella, Healthsat-2, KITSAT-2, and PoSAT-1.
References
- n2yo.com. "EYESAT 1". Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. "EYESAT 1". NSSDCA Master Catalog. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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