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Pleiades Neo 3
First Pleiades Neo constellation satellite. Pleiades Neo 3 was launched on April 29, 2021 aboard a Vega from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2021-034ANORAD 48268France
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Pleiades Neo 3
- International designator
- 2021-034A
- NORAD catalog number
- 48268
- GCAT identifier
- S48268
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1047
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Commercial / Defense
- Program
- Pleiades Neo
- Owner
- ADS Intelligence
- Country
- France
- Builder
- Airbus Defense and Space (F) Toulouse
- Platform (bus)
- AstroBus-M Com.
Launch
- Date
- April 29, 2021 · 01:50 UTC
- Launch record
- 2021-034Success
- Rocket
- Vega
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ZLV
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 623 km
- Apogee
- 626 km
- Inclination
- 97.90°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- March 2023
Size
- Mass
- 920 kg
- Dry mass
- 895 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 Q106606423 (CC0).