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Sentinel-2C
ESA optical Earth observation satellite. Sentinel-2C was launched on September 5, 2024 aboard a Vega from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2024-157ANORAD 60989European Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Sentinel-2C
- International designator
- 2024-157A
- NORAD catalog number
- 60989
- GCAT identifier
- S60989
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Sentinel
- Owner
- Copernicus
- Country
- European Union
- Builder
- Airbus Defense and Space, Bremen
- Platform (bus)
- Sentinel-2
Launch
- Date
- September 5, 2024 · 01:50 UTC
- Launch record
- 2024-157Success
- Rocket
- Vega
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ZLV
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 776 km
- Apogee
- 780 km
- Inclination
- 98.58°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Sep 5, 2024
Size
- Mass
- 1,143 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,010 kg
- Length
- 3.4 m
- Diameter
- 1.80 m
- Span
- 5.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q87410499 (CC0).