ENVISAT

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite ENVISAT at a glance.

Uptime

8469

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.3

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for ENVISAT.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: ENVISAT

International designator: 2002-009A

Object number (NORAD): 27386

Object ID (CCSDS): 27386

Country: EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.076 minutes

Inclination: 98.3312 deg

SMA: 7140.245 km

Apoapsis: 762.961 km

Periapsis: 761.258 km

RAAN: 84.5838 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0001193

Argument of periapsis: 89.63 deg

Mean anomaly: 324.3591 deg

Mean motion: 14.38908327 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000161 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000066044 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 7, 2025, 8:48 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 ENVISAT

TLE line 1: 1 27386U 02009A 25127.86699784 .00000161 00000-0 66044-4 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 27386 98.3312 84.5838 0001193 89.6300 324.3591 14.38908327215190

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite ENVISAT.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

A large Earth-Observing satellite in sun synchronous polar orbit.

ENVISAT was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Ariane 5 G | Envisat’, on board a Ariane 5 G space rocket.

The launch took place on March 1, 2002, 1:07 a.m. from Ariane Launch Area 3.

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Launch to space Ariane 5 G | Envisat
Ariane 5 G | Envisat

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: March 1, 2002, 1:07 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Ariane 5 G

Launch pad: Ariane Launch Area 3

Location: Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

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