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Envisat

Envisat ("Environmental Satellite") is a large Earth-observing satellite which has been inactive since 2012. It was launched on 1 March 2002 aboard an Ariane 5 from the Guyana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, into a Sun synchronous polar orbit at an altitude of 790 ± 10 km.

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Instruments

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End of mission

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Apogee altitude
774 km (481 mi)
Contractor
Arianespace
COSPAR ID
2002-009A
Decay date
~150 years
Declared
9 May 2012 (2012-05-10)
Dimensions
26 × 10 × 5 m (85 × 33 × 16 ft)

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Envisat

Nodes82
Edges81
Triples105
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02439
Components1

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Envisat

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related to External links · 33
Envisat → ALOS AVNIR2, ASAR, AstriumEnvisat, Data Dissemination System, Earth, Earth Observation, Earth Snapshot Archived, ENVIHAM Home UsersDossier Envisat, Envisat ASAR Level, Envisat DDS Commercial Receiver, ESA, ESA Envisat DDS, ESA SNAP Toolbox, ESAEnvisat, ESAMiravi, Global Communication, Includes, Kit, Level0, Like MIRAVI
related to RA-2 · 9
Envisat → Aviso, Centre National, Etudes Spatiales, Ku, Mean, Nadir, RA-2, Radar, Radar Altimeter
related to Loss of contact · 8
Envisat → April, Envisat's, ESA, French Pleiades Earth, Ground-based, May, Sunday, The
related to Space safety · 8
Envisat → An, Deorbit, Earth, Earth's, Given, It, Kessler Syndrome, The
related to Instruments · 6
Envisat → DORIS, Earth, Earth-observation, ERS, ERS-1, Several
related to Mission · 4
Envisat → Earth, European Remote-Sensing Satellite, Its, To
Apogee altitude · 1
Envisat → 774 km (481 mi)
Contractor · 1
Envisat → Arianespace
COSPAR ID · 1
Envisat → 2002-009A
Decay date · 1
Envisat → ~150 years

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
EnvisatApogee altitude774 km (481 mi)1.00infobox
EnvisatContractorArianespace1.00infobox
EnvisatCOSPAR ID2002-009A1.00infobox
EnvisatDecay date~150 years1.00infobox
EnvisatDeclared9 May 2012 (2012-05-10)1.00infobox
EnvisatDimensions26 × 10 × 5 m (85 × 33 × 16 ft)1.00infobox
EnvisatDisposalNone1.00infobox
EnvisatEccentricity0.000421.00infobox
EnvisatEpoch15 December 2013, 03:07:00 UTC1.00infobox
EnvisatInclination98.40 degrees1.00infobox
EnvisatLast contact8 April 2012 (2012-04-09) (spacecraft failure)1.00infobox
EnvisatLaunch date1 March 2002, 01:07:59 (2002-03-01UTC01:07:59Z) UTC1.00infobox
EnvisatLaunch mass8,211 kg (18,102 lb)1.00infobox
EnvisatLaunch siteKourou ELA-31.00infobox
EnvisatManufacturerAstrium1.00infobox
EnvisatMission durationPlanned: 5 years Final: 10 years, 1 month, 6 days1.00infobox
EnvisatMission typeEarth observation1.00infobox
EnvisatOperatorESA1.00infobox
EnvisatPerigee altitude772 km (480 mi)1.00infobox
EnvisatPeriod100.16 minutes1.00infobox
EnvisatPower6,500 watts1.00infobox
EnvisatReference systemGeocentric1.00infobox
EnvisatRegimePolar low Earth1.00infobox
EnvisatRepeat interval35 days1.00infobox
EnvisatRocketAriane 5G V-1451.00infobox
EnvisatSATCAT no.273861.00infobox
EnvisatSemi-major axis7,144.9 km (4,439.6 mi)1.00infobox
EnvisatWebsiteenvisat.esa.int1.00infobox

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