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PLEIADES 1A

NORAD 38012 · Payload · In orbit since 2011

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Launched
2011-12-17 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator
FR (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
970 kg
Size
4 × 2 m · 8 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
697 × 699 km
Inclination
98.2°
Period
98.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0001
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

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.