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CHEOPS
2019 European space telescope. CHEOPS was launched on December 18, 2019 aboard a Soyuz-ST-A from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2019-092BNORAD 44874European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- CHEOPS
- International designator
- 2019-092B
- NORAD catalog number
- 44874
- GCAT identifier
- S44874
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/961
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ESA Ast
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- Airbus Defense and Space Satellites/Barajas (CASA Espacio)
- Platform (bus)
- SEOSAT
Launch
- Date
- December 18, 2019 · 08:54 UTC
- Launch record
- 2019-092Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-ST-A
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELS
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 697 km
- Apogee
- 708 km
- Inclination
- 98.23°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 273 kg
- Dry mass
- 273 kg
- Length
- 1.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 2.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q376628 (CC0).