Earth Observation
PLEIADES 1B
OperationalEarth ObservationLEO
Images and senses the Earth's surface for mapping, agriculture, defense or science.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 2, 2012 at 02:02 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Soyuz STA Fregat →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 699 km
- Periapsis
- 697 km
- Inclination
- 98.19°
- Orbital period
- 98.73 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense//Centre National d/Etudes Spatiales (CNES) - cooperation with Austria, Belgium, Spain, Sweden
- Manufacturer
- Astrium
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 970 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-068A
- NORAD catalog №
- 39019
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
France- Radar cross-section
- 5.438 m²
- Status
- Operational