Payload
HELIOS 2A
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
HELIOS 2A is a Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/Dlgation Gnrale de l'Armement (DGA) payload satellite, launched on December 18, 2004 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 18, 2004 at 04:26 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 G+ →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Helios 2A, Essaim 1-4, PARASOL, Nanosat 01
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 560 km
- Periapsis
- 557 km
- Inclination
- 98.25°
- Orbital period
- 95.82 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/Dlgation Gnrale de l'Armement (DGA)
- Manufacturer
- EADS Astrium
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 4,200 kg
- Power
- 2,900 W
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2004-049A
- NORAD catalog №
- 28492
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
France- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational