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VENµS
Israeli French remote sensing satellite multispectral imaging and testing hall effect thruster. VENµS was launched on August 2, 2017 aboard a Vega from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2017-044BNORAD 42901Israel
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Venmus
- Common name
- VENµS
- Payload designation
- Venus
- International designator
- 2017-044B
- NORAD catalog number
- 42901
- GCAT identifier
- S42901
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.431
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Venmus
- Owner
- ISA
- Country
- Israel
- Builder
- Israeli Aircraft Industries, Mabat factory
- Platform (bus)
- Venms
Launch
- Date
- August 2, 2017 · 01:58 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-044Success
- Rocket
- Vega
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ZLV
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 719 km
- Apogee
- 724 km
- Inclination
- 98.35°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- August 2024
- End of operations
- August 2024
Size
- Mass
- 264 kg
- Dry mass
- 250 kg
- Length
- 1.7 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 4.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q3564198 (CC0).