Space Telescope
GAIA
NonoperationalSpace TelescopeDeep Space
In Greek mythology, Gaia, also spelled Gaea, is the personification of Earth. She is the mother of Uranus (Sky), with whom she conceived the Titans, the Cyclopes, and the Giants, as well as of Pontus (Sea), from whose union she bore the primordial sea gods. Her equivalent in the Roman pantheon was Terra.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 19, 2013 at 09:12 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Soyuz STB Fregat-MT →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Gaia
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Deep Space
- Reference body
- Deep Space
Spacecraft
- Operator
- European Space Agency
- Launch mass
- 1,934 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2013-074A
- NORAD catalog №
- 39479
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- European Space Agency
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational