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European Retrievable Carrier
Space observatory and research satellite. European Retrievable Carrier was launched on July 31, 1992 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: attached to another object (Aug 1, 1992).
COSPAR 1992-049BNORAD 22065European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- EURECA 1
- Common name
- European Retrievable Carrier
- International designator
- 1992-049B
- NORAD catalog number
- 22065
- GCAT identifier
- S22065
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/266
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Eureca
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- Daimler-Benz Aerospace Raumfahrt-Infrastruktur (DASA RI)
- Platform (bus)
- Eureca
Launch
- Date
- July 31, 1992 · 13:56 UTC
- Launch record
- 1992-049Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 500 km
- Apogee
- 504 km
- Inclination
- 28.46°
- Status
- Attached to another object
- Status date
- August 1, 1992
- Last known active
- Jun 24, 1993
- End of operations
- Jun 24, 1993
Size
- Mass
- 4,491 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,741 kg
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Diameter
- 4.50 m
- Span
- 20.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q49684 (CC0).