Payload
VENUS
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
VENUS is a Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/Israel Space Agency payload satellite, launched on August 2, 2017 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 2, 2017 at 01:58 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Vega →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- OptSat 3000 & VENµS (VENUS)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 525 km
- Periapsis
- 519 km
- Inclination
- 97.27°
- Orbital period
- 95.07 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/Israel Space Agency
- Manufacturer
- Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 264 kg
- Design lifetime
- 4.5 years
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2017-044B
- NORAD catalog №
- 42901
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Israel- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational