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ESAIL
European satellite for maritime tracking. ESAIL was launched on September 3, 2020 aboard a Vega from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Mar 3, 2025).
COSPAR 2020-061BNORAD 46273Canada
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ESAIL
- International designator
- 2020-061B
- NORAD catalog number
- 46273
- GCAT identifier
- S46273
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/996
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- ComDev
- Owner
- exactEarth
- Country
- Canada
- Builder
- LuxSpace Sarl (OHB)
- Platform (bus)
- Triton-2
Launch
- Date
- September 3, 2020 · 01:51 UTC
- Launch record
- 2020-061Success
- Rocket
- Vega
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ZLV
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 517 km
- Apogee
- 518 km
- Inclination
- 97.46°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- March 3, 2025
- Last known active
- April 2021
- End of operations
- February 2025
Size
- Mass
- 112 kg
- Dry mass
- 112 kg
- Length
- 0.7 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 3.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q137719179 (CC0).