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LC5 Chronology 1997 March 4 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Topol. Zeya Spacecraft: Zeya. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 460 km (280 mi). Apogee: 472 km (293 mi). Inclination: 97.30 deg. Period: 93.60 min. 1997 December 24 - 13:32 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Topol. Early Bird Spacecraft: Early Bird. Agency: EarthWat. Perigee: 479 km (297 mi). Apogee: 488 km (303 mi). Inclination: 97.30 deg. Period: 94.10 min. 2000 December 5 - Launch Vehicle: Topol. EROS A1 Mass: 240 kg (520 lb). Spacecraft: Ofeq 3. Agency: ImageSat. Perigee: 488 km (303 mi). Apogee: 503 km (312 mi). Inclination: 97.30 deg. Launch delayed from November 28. The Israeli commercial imaging satellite EROS A1 was owned by ImageSat (an Israeli-led company registered in the Netherlands Antilles) and built by IAI using the Ofeq-3 design. EROS A1 was placed in a sun-synchronous orbit together with the DS 5th stage. The 250 kg (dry mass) triaxially stabilized spacecraft carried a black and white high resolution (1.8 m) CCD camera, to obtain images (with terrain width of 12.6 km) of locations chosen by Israeli military or world-wide commercial clients, and downlink them at one of the 14 ground stations. 2001 February 20 - 08:48 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Topol. Odin Mass: 250 kg (550 lb). Spacecraft: Odin. Agency: Swedish Space Corp. (Sweden). Perigee: 622 km (386 mi). Apogee: 622 km (386 mi). Inclination: 97.83 deg. Sweden's Odin scientific satellite carried a submillimeter wave astronomy instrument and a radiometer for atmospheric studies. The 1.1-meter reflector fed 500 GHz and 119 GHz radiometers and was used to study galactic molecular clouds, complementing NASA's SWAS satellite. The Odin satellite was designed and built by the Swedish Space Corporation (Svenska Rymdbolaget or Rymdaktiebolaget). SSC does most of its satellite design and construction in-house, although Saab made the antenna and carried out satellite final assembly. SSC was a goverment-owned company and a contractor for the Rymdstyrelsen (Swedish National Space Board). 2006 April 25 - 16:47 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Topol. Start-1 No. 441 EROS-B Mass: 350 kg (770 lb). Spacecraft: Ofeq 3. Agency: ImageSat. Perigee: 505 km (313 mi). Apogee: 514 km (319 mi). Inclination: 97.30 deg. Period: 94.80 min. Combined civilian/military imaging satellite operated by an Israeli company incorporated in the Cayman Islands. Its capability was demonstrated when, within days of launch, sharp photographs of people and motor vehicles on a Syrian dam were released. Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site.. To contact astronauts or cosmonauts. © Mark Wade, 1997 - 2008 except where otherwise noted. |
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