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LAGEOS-2
Second of two satellites in the LAGEOS mission. LAGEOS-2 was launched on October 22, 1992 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1992-070BNORAD 22195Italy
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Lageos 2
- Common name
- LAGEOS-2
- International designator
- 1992-070B
- NORAD catalog number
- 22195
- GCAT identifier
- S22195
Mission
- Mission type
- Geodesy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Lageos
- Owner
- ASI
- Country
- Italy
- Builder
- Alenia Spazio
- Platform (bus)
- Lageos
Launch
- Date
- October 22, 1992 · 17:09 UTC
- Launch record
- 1992-070Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 5,616 km
- Apogee
- 5,950 km
- Inclination
- 52.65°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Oct 23, 1992
- End of operations
- Oct 23, 1992
Size
- Mass
- 405 kg
- Dry mass
- 405 kg
- Length
- 0.6 m
- Diameter
- 0.60 m
- Span
- 0.6 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q84057139 (CC0).