Earth Observation
SPOT 5
NonoperationalEarth ObservationLEO
SPOT 5 is a France earth observation satellite, launched on May 4, 2002 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 4, 2002 at 01:31 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 42P →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- SPOT 5
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 801 km
- Periapsis
- 619 km
- Inclination
- 97.98°
- Orbital period
- 98.99 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- France
- Launch mass
- 3,000 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2002-021A
- NORAD catalog №
- 27421
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
France- Radar cross-section
- 7.3278 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational