Payload
CALIPSO
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
CALIPSO is a Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/NASA payload satellite, launched on April 28, 2006 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 28, 2006 at 10:02 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Delta II 7420-10C →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Cloudsat
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 664 km
- Periapsis
- 662 km
- Inclination
- 98.45°
- Orbital period
- 98 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/NASA
- Manufacturer
- Alcatel Alenia Space
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 587 kg
- Power
- 550 W
- Design lifetime
- 3 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2006-016B
- NORAD catalog №
- 29108
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
France- Radar cross-section
- 2.6001 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational