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Equator-S
Satellite operational between 1997 and 1998. Equator-S was launched on December 2, 1997 aboard a Ariane 44P from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1997-075BNORAD 25068Germany
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Equator-S
- International designator
- 1997-075B
- NORAD catalog number
- 25068
- GCAT identifier
- S25068
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/456
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- DLR Chem
- Owner
- MPE
- Country
- Germany
- Builder
- Max Planck Institut fur Extraterrestrische Physik
- Platform (bus)
- Equator-S
Launch
- Date
- December 2, 1997 · 22:52 UTC
- Launch record
- 1997-075Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44P
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- HEO
- Perigee
- 564 km
- Apogee
- 67,070 km
- Inclination
- 3.75°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- May 1, 1998
- End of operations
- May 1, 1998
Size
- Mass
- 197 kg
- Dry mass
- 197 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 230 kg
- Length
- 1.3 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 5.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q49693 (CC0).