Clémentine (satellite)

This article is about the French satellite. For the American Lunar probe, see Clementine (spacecraft).
Clémentine
Mission typereconnaissance satellite
COSPAR ID1999-064B Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.25978
Spacecraft properties
BusSSTL-70
ManufacturerAlcatel Space · Surrey Satellite Technology
Launch mass50 kg (110 lb)
Dimensions0.6 × 0.3 × 0.3 m (1.97 × 0.98 × 0.98 ft)
Start of mission
Launch date3 December 1999, 16:22 (1999-12-03UTC16:22) UTC
RocketAriane 4 V-124
Launch siteGuiana Space Centre ELA-2
ContractorArianespace
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeSun-synchronous
Eccentricity0.0009381
Perigee altitude573 km (356 mi)
Apogee altitude586 km (364 mi)
Inclination98.2500°
Mean motion14.96 rev/day
Epoch27 December 2016, 12:25:58 UTC

Clémentine is a small satellite built by Alcatel Space (now Thales) for the French DGA, ostensibly "to study the Earth's radio-electrical environment from space."[1]

It is a successor to the Cerise satellite.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-01-17. Retrieved 2007-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Recent Launches. Archived 2004-08-26 at the Wayback Machine Jonathan's Space Report. #413. December 5, 1999.
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