Payload
COSMO-SKYMED 3
OperationalPayloadLEO
COSMO-SKYMED 3 is a Italian Space Agency/Ministry of Defense payload satellite, launched on October 25, 2008 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 25, 2008 at 02:28 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Delta II 7420-10C →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- COSMO-Skymed 3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 556 km
- Periapsis
- 536 km
- Inclination
- 97.83°
- Orbital period
- 95.56 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Italian Space Agency/Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- ThalesÊAleniaÊSpace
- Users
- Military/Government
- Launch mass
- 1,900 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Detailed purpose
- Radar Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2008-054A
- NORAD catalog №
- 33412
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Italy- Radar cross-section
- 3.9248 m²
- Status
- Operational