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Sentinel-3A
ESA Earth observation satellite. Sentinel-3A was launched on February 16, 2016 aboard a Rokot from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2016-011ANORAD 41335European Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Sentinel-3A
- International designator
- 2016-011A
- NORAD catalog number
- 41335
- GCAT identifier
- S41335
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/819
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Sentinel
- Owner
- Copernicus
- Country
- European Union
- Builder
- Thales Alenia Space
- Platform (bus)
- Sentinel-3A
Launch
- Date
- February 16, 2016 · 17:57 UTC
- Launch record
- 2016-011Success
- Rocket
- Rokot
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC133/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 802 km
- Apogee
- 806 km
- Inclination
- 98.62°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 1,250 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,150 kg
- Length
- 3.7 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 5.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q22350864 (CC0).