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Young Engineers' Satellite
Research satellite launched in 1997. Young Engineers' Satellite was launched on October 30, 1997 aboard a Ariane 5G from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1997-066CNORAD 25025European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- YES
- Common name
- Young Engineers' Satellite
- Payload designation
- Young Engineers Satellite
- International designator
- 1997-066C
- NORAD catalog number
- 25025
- GCAT identifier
- S25025
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Ari5
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- ESTEC
- Platform (bus)
- YES
Launch
- Date
- October 30, 1997 · 13:43 UTC
- Launch record
- 1997-066Partial · 0.75
- Rocket
- Ariane 5G
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- HEO
- Perigee
- 547 km
- Apogee
- 26,622 km
- Inclination
- 7.84°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- November 1997
- End of operations
- November 1997
Size
- Mass
- 175 kg
- Dry mass
- 175 kg
- Length
- 0.4 m
- Diameter
- 1.00 m
- Span
- 1.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1435404 (CC0).