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CloudSat
Decommissioned NASA Earth observation satellite. CloudSat was launched on April 28, 2006 aboard a Delta 7420-10C from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2006-016ANORAD 29107United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Cloudsat
- Common name
- CloudSat
- International designator
- 2006-016A
- NORAD catalog number
- 29107
- GCAT identifier
- S29107
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/493
Mission
- Mission type
- Earth science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Earth Probe
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Ball Aerospace
- Platform (bus)
- BCP-2000
Launch
- Date
- April 28, 2006 · 10:02 UTC
- Launch record
- 2006-016Success
- Rocket
- Delta 7420-10C
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC2W
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 689 km
- Apogee
- 689 km
- Inclination
- 98.24°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 848 kg
- Dry mass
- 773 kg
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.30 m
- Span
- 5.1 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q49397 (CC0).