Payload
ATHENA-FIDUS
OperationalPayloadGEO
ATHENA-FIDUS is a Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) payload satellite, launched on February 6, 2014 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 6, 2014 at 09:30 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- ABS-2 & Athena-Fidus
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,791 km
- Periapsis
- 35,781 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Orbital period
- 1436.08 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
- Manufacturer
- Thales Alenia Space
- Users
- Government/Military
- Launch mass
- 3,080 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2014-006B
- NORAD catalog №
- 39509
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
France / Italy- Radar cross-section
- 3.9811 m²
- Status
- Operational
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