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LARES-2
Satellite. LARES-2 was launched on July 13, 2022 aboard a Vega C from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2022-080ANORAD 53105Italy
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- LARES 2
- Common name
- LARES-2
- International designator
- 2022-080A
- NORAD catalog number
- 53105
- GCAT identifier
- S53105
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1228
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ASI
- Owner
- ASI
- Country
- Italy
- Builder
- OHB-I (Compagnia Generale per lo Spazio)
- Platform (bus)
- Lares
Launch
- Date
- July 13, 2022 · 13:13 UTC
- Launch record
- 2022-080Success
- Rocket
- Vega C
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ZLV
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 5,882 km
- Apogee
- 5,895 km
- Inclination
- 70.16°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Jul 13, 2022
- End of operations
- Jul 14, 2022
Size
- Mass
- 295 kg
- Dry mass
- 295 kg
- Length
- 0.4 m
- Diameter
- 0.42 m
- Span
- 0.4 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q116255536 (CC0).