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Terra
NASA climate research satellite. Terra was launched on December 18, 1999 aboard a Atlas IIAS from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1999-068ANORAD 25994United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Terra
- Payload designation
- EOS AM-1
- Other names
- NAIF142
- International designator
- 1999-068A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25994
- GCAT identifier
- S25994
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/369
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- EOS
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Space Systems/Valley Forge
- Platform (bus)
- EOS
Launch
- Date
- December 18, 1999 · 18:57 UTC
- Launch record
- 1999-068Success
- Rocket
- Atlas IIAS
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC3E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 655 km
- Apogee
- 686 km
- Inclination
- 98.24°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 5,190 kg
- Dry mass
- 4,854 kg
- Length
- 6.8 m
- Diameter
- 3.50 m
- Span
- 10.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q584697 (CC0).