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Mohammed VI - A
Moroccan Earth observation satellite. Mohammed VI - A was launched on November 8, 2017 aboard a Vega from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
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Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Mohammed VI-A
- Common name
- Mohammed VI - A
- Payload designation
- MN35-13A
- International designator
- 2017-070A
- NORAD catalog number
- 43005
- GCAT identifier
- S43005
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1036
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- MN35
- Owner
- RMAF
- Country
- Morocco
- Builder
- Airbus Defense and Space (F) Toulouse
- Platform (bus)
- Astrosat-1000
Launch
- Date
- November 8, 2017 · 01:42 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-070Success
- Rocket
- Vega
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ZLV
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 636 km
- Apogee
- 638 km
- Inclination
- 97.96°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 1,110 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 Q60038349 (CC0).