Payload
CLOUDSAT
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
CLOUDSAT is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Colorado State University 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
- 613 km
- Periapsis
- 606 km
- Inclination
- 98.39°
- Orbital period
- 96.88 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Colorado State University
- Manufacturer
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Users
- Government/Civil
- Launch mass
- 848 kg
- Power
- 570 W
- Design lifetime
- 2 years
- Detailed purpose
- Radar Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2006-016A
- NORAD catalog №
- 29107
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 3.7945 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational