- Home
- Spacecraft
- Hélios 1A
Hélios 1A
European military reconnaissance satellite (1995-2012). Hélios 1A was launched on July 7, 1995 aboard a Ariane 40 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1995-033ANORAD 23605France
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Helios 1A
- Common name
- Hélios 1A
- International designator
- 1995-033A
- NORAD catalog number
- 23605
- GCAT identifier
- S23605
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/321
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Helios
- Owner
- CNES
- Country
- France
- Builder
- Matra Marconi Space (Toulouse)
- Platform (bus)
- SPOT
Launch
- Date
- July 7, 1995 · 16:23 UTC
- Launch record
- 1995-033Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 40
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 679 km
- Apogee
- 681 km
- Inclination
- 98.09°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- September 2011
- End of operations
- October 2011
Size
- Mass
- 2,537 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,500 kg
- Length
- 3.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 4.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q96757688 (CC0).