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SWARM A
Satellite for studying Earth's magnetic field. SWARM A was launched on November 22, 2013 aboard a Rokot from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2013-067BNORAD 39452European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Swarm A
- Common name
- SWARM A
- Payload designation
- Swarm 1
- International designator
- 2013-067B
- NORAD catalog number
- 39452
- GCAT identifier
- S39452
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/699
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ESA Earth
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- EADS Astrium Satellites (D), Friedrichsafen
- Platform (bus)
- Flexbus
Launch
- Date
- November 22, 2013 · 12:02 UTC
- Launch record
- 2013-067Success
- Rocket
- Rokot
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC133/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/P
- Perigee
- 490 km
- Apogee
- 501 km
- Inclination
- 87.55°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 473 kg
- Dry mass
- 367 kg
- Length
- 5.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 9.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q29565636 (CC0).