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Clémentine
French military satellite. Clémentine was launched on December 3, 1999 aboard a Ariane 40 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1999-064BNORAD 25978France
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Clementine
- Common name
- Clémentine
- International designator
- 1999-064B
- NORAD catalog number
- 25978
- GCAT identifier
- S25978
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/374
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- CERISE
- Owner
- CNES
- Country
- France
- Builder
- Alcatel Space, Centre spatiale de Cannes-Mandelieu
- Platform (bus)
- UoSAT
Launch
- Date
- December 3, 1999 · 16:22 UTC
- Launch record
- 1999-064Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 40
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 647 km
- Apogee
- 664 km
- Inclination
- 98.08°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 2002
- End of operations
- December 2002
Size
- Mass
- 50 kg
- Dry mass
- 50 kg
- Length
- 0.7 m
- Diameter
- 0.40 m
- Span
- 6.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2980729 (CC0).