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Sentinel-5 Precursor
Earth observation satellite. Sentinel-5 Precursor was launched on October 13, 2017 aboard a Rokot from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2017-064ANORAD 42969European Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Sentinel-5P
- Common name
- Sentinel-5 Precursor
- Payload designation
- Sentinel-5 Precursor
- International designator
- 2017-064A
- NORAD catalog number
- 42969
- GCAT identifier
- S42969
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/825
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Sentinel
- Owner
- Copernicus
- Country
- European Union
- Builder
- Airbus Defense and Space (UK)
- Platform (bus)
- AstroSat-L250M
Launch
- Date
- October 13, 2017 · 09:27 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-064Success
- Rocket
- Rokot
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC133/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 816 km
- Apogee
- 819 km
- Inclination
- 98.72°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 820 kg
- Dry mass
- 738 kg
- Length
- 2.7 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 7.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q17502490 (CC0).