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CSG 2
Italian reconnaissance satellite. CSG 2 was launched on January 31, 2022 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2022-008ANORAD 51444Italy
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- CSG FM2
- Common name
- CSG 2
- Payload designation
- COSMO-Skymed Second Gen FM2
- International designator
- 2022-008A
- NORAD catalog number
- 51444
- GCAT identifier
- S51444
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1228
Mission
- Mission type
- Radar imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- COSMO-2
- Owner
- M.d. Difesa
- Country
- Italy
- Builder
- Thales Alenia Space
- Platform (bus)
- Prima
Launch
- Date
- January 31, 2022 · 23:11 UTC
- Launch record
- 2022-008Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 621 km
- Apogee
- 648 km
- Inclination
- 97.89°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- March 2023
Size
- Mass
- 2,205 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,800 kg
- Length
- 1.4 m
- Diameter
- 1.40 m
- Span
- 12.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q125778729 (CC0).