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Falcon Eye 2
UAE optical reconnaissance satellite. Falcon Eye 2 was launched on December 2, 2020 aboard a Soyuz-ST-A from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2020-090ANORAD 47226United Arab Emirates
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- FalconEye 2
- Common name
- Falcon Eye 2
- International designator
- 2020-090A
- NORAD catalog number
- 47226
- GCAT identifier
- S47226
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/972
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- FalconEye
- Owner
- UAE AF
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Builder
- Airbus Defense and Space (F) Toulouse
- Platform (bus)
- Astrosat-1000
Launch
- Date
- December 2, 2020 · 01:33 UTC
- Launch record
- 2020-090Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-ST-A
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELS
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 597 km
- Apogee
- 598 km
- Inclination
- 97.87°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 1,197 kg
- Dry mass
- 900 kg
- Length
- 4.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 8.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q92988423 (CC0).