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Pleiades 1
38012. Pleiades 1 was launched on December 17, 2011 aboard a Soyuz-ST-A from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2011-076FNORAD 38012France
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Pleiades 1a
- Common name
- Pleiades 1
- Payload designation
- Pleiades HR-1
- International designator
- 2011-076F
- NORAD catalog number
- 38012
- GCAT identifier
- S38012
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/643
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government / Defense
- Program
- Pleiades
- Owner
- CNES
- Country
- France
- Builder
- Astrium (F) Toulouse
- Platform (bus)
- Astrosat-1000
Launch
- Date
- December 17, 2011 · 02:03 UTC
- Launch record
- 2011-076Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-ST-A
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELS
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 676 km
- Apogee
- 692 km
- Inclination
- 98.22°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 970 kg
- Dry mass
- 895 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 940 kg
- Length
- 4.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 8.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q13989992 (CC0).