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SPOT 2

NORAD 20436 · Payload · In orbit since 1990

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Launched
1990-01-22 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator
FR (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
1,900 kg
Size
4.5 × 2 m · 8.2 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
559 × 738 km
Inclination
98.7°
Period
97.5 min
Eccentricity
0.0128
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.