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OrbView-2
American Earth observation satellite. OrbView-2 was launched on August 1, 1997 aboard a Pegasus XL from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1997-037ANORAD 24883United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OrbView-2
- Payload designation
- Seastar
- International designator
- 1997-037A
- NORAD catalog number
- 24883
- GCAT identifier
- S24883
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/339
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- OrbView
- Owner
- Orbimage
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- OSC Germantown
- Platform (bus)
- Pegastar
Launch
- Date
- August 1, 1997 · 20:20 UTC
- Launch record
- 1997-037Success
- Rocket
- Pegasus XL
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad RW30/12
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 685 km
- Apogee
- 700 km
- Inclination
- 98.21°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 2010
- End of operations
- Dec 11, 2010
Size
- Mass
- 309 kg
- Dry mass
- 241 kg
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 4.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q116468885 (CC0).