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EarthCARE
Joint European/Japanese Earth research satellite. EarthCARE was launched on May 28, 2024 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2024-101ANORAD 59908European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- EarthCARE
- International designator
- 2024-101A
- NORAD catalog number
- 59908
- GCAT identifier
- S59908
Mission
- Mission type
- Earth science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Earth Exp
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- Airbus Defense and Space Satellites (D), Friedrichsafen
- Platform (bus)
- AstroBus-L
Launch
- Date
- May 28, 2024 · 22:20 UTC
- Launch record
- 2024-101Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 398 km
- Apogee
- 404 km
- Inclination
- 96.98°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- May 28, 2024
Size
- Mass
- 2,200 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,890 kg
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.60 m
- Span
- 18.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1277576 (CC0).