Payload
SWARM A
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 39452
SWARM A is a European Space Agency (ESA) payload satellite, launched on November 22, 2013 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- November 22, 2013 at 12:02 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Rokot/Briz-KM →
- Operator
- Eurockot Launch Services
- Mission
- Swarm A, B, C
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 416 km
- Periapsis
- 412 km
- Inclination
- 87.33°
- Orbital period
- 92.85 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- Manufacturer
- Astrium
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 473 kg
- Dry mass
- 369 kg
- Power
- 608 W
- Design lifetime
- 4 years
- Dimensions
- 5 × 1.5 × 9.1 m
- Detailed purpose
- Earth Science
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2013-067B
- NORAD catalog №
- 39452
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- European Space Agency
- Radar cross-section
- 2.2407 m²
- Status
- Operational