Eyesat-1
Mission type | Amateur radio satellite |
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COSPAR ID | 1993-061C |
SATCAT no. | 22825[1] |
Mission duration | Elasped: 30 years, 10 months and 23 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | Microsat |
Manufacturer | Interferometrics Inc. |
Launch mass | 11.8 kg (26 lb) |
Dimensions | 15 cm × 15 cm × 15 cm (5.9 in × 5.9 in × 5.9 in) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 26 September 1993, 01:45 UTC[2] |
Rocket | Ariane-40 V59 |
Launch site | Kourou ELA-2 |
Contractor | Arianespace |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Eccentricity | 0.00202[2] |
Peri altitude | 794 km (493 mi)[2] |
Apo altitude | 823 km (511 mi)[2] |
Inclination | 98.5°[2] |
Period | 101 minutes[2] |
Epoch | 26 September 1993[2] |
Error: no value specified for required parameter "apsis" | |
Eyesat-A was launched on September 26, 1993 using an Ariane 4 rocket at Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana, along with SPOT-3, Stella, Healthsat-2, KITSAT-2, and PoSAT-1.