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Alouette 2
Defunct Canadian research satellite. Alouette 2 was launched on November 29, 1965 aboard a Thor SLV-2 Agena B from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1965-098ANORAD 1804Canada
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Alouette 2
- Other names
- ISIS-X:P
- International designator
- 1965-098A
- NORAD catalog number
- 1804
- GCAT identifier
- S01804
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.123
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Alouette
- Owner
- DRTE
- Country
- Canada
- Builder
- De Havilland, Toronto (Special Products/Appl. Research Div)
- Platform (bus)
- Alouette
Launch
- Date
- November 29, 1965 · 04:48 UTC
- Launch record
- 1965-098Success
- Rocket
- Thor SLV-2 Agena B
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-1-1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 502 km
- Apogee
- 2,986 km
- Inclination
- 79.85°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
- End of operations
- Nov 29, 1975
Size
- Mass
- 145 kg
- Dry mass
- 145 kg
- Length
- 1.1 m
- Diameter
- 0.90 m
- Span
- 73.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2650602 (CC0).