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Van Allen Probe A
Former space probe used to study Earth's Van Allen radiation belts. Van Allen Probe A was launched on August 30, 2012 aboard a Atlas V 401 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Nov 9, 2012).
COSPAR 2012-046ANORAD 38752United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Radiation Belt Storm Probe A
- Common name
- Van Allen Probe A
- Payload designation
- RBSP A
- Other names
- NAIF362
- International designator
- 2012-046A
- NORAD catalog number
- 38752
- GCAT identifier
- S38752
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/711
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- SOLTP
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Platform (bus)
- RBSP
Launch
- Date
- August 30, 2012 · 08:05 UTC
- Launch record
- 2012-046Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 401
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- HEO
- Perigee
- 595 km
- Apogee
- 30,527 km
- Inclination
- 10.03°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- November 9, 2012
- Last known active
- Oct 18, 2019
- End of operations
- Oct 18, 2019
Size
- Mass
- 648 kg
- Dry mass
- 592 kg
- Length
- 1.3 m
- Diameter
- 1.80 m
- Span
- 101.7 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q28473093 (CC0).