Ariane 42P | SPOT 5

Launch information

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Mission description

The main instrument was the HRVIR imaging camera payload including a 2.5-meter resolution imager. A secondary experiment was the 5-band VEGETATION-2 instrument with 1-km resolution.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Ariane 42P | SPOT 5’.

Launch image Ariane 42P | SPOT 5

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: May 4, 2002, 1:31 a.m.

Timezone: America/Cayenne

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

SPOT 5 (LEO)

Launcher

Arianespace

Rocket

Ariane 42P

Location

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Pad

Ariane Launch Area 2

Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Ariane 42P | SPOT 5’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
27421 SPOT 5 SSO 98.04 FRANCE In-orbit
27422 IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P SSO 98.56 FRANCE In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Ariane 42P | SPOT 5’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#4522

To this date

Location Launch

#160

To this date

Pad Launch

#115

To this date

Agency Launch

#147

To this date

Orbital Launch

#21

Year 2002

Location Launch

#6

Year 2002

Pad Launch

#5

Year 2002

Agency Launch

#6

Year 2002

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