| Name of the satellite | Geotail |
|---|---|
| Other name(s) | GTL 22049 |
| COSPAR designation | 92-044A |
| Project(s) Manager(s) of the satellite | Kunginori Tono Uesugi Kenneth O. Sizemore |
| Institute of the project(s) manager(s) | ISAS NASA-GSFC |
| Country or Space Agency | JPN USA |
| Link(s) to Web site(s) | http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1992-044A
http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/geotail/ http://www.gtl.stp.isas.ac.jp/ http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/NASA.Projects/Space.Science/ Sun-Earth.Connection/GEOTAIL/.http://sevem.aeronomie.be/index.htm http://www.darts.isas.ac.jp/spdb/ |
| Launch date (dd-mm-yyyy) | 24-07-1992 |
| Termination date (dd-mm-yyyy) | ***** |
| Lifetime of the satellite (month) | ***** |
| Type of the orbits | VHO |
| (Initial) Perigee (km) | 47810 |
| (Initial) Apogee (km / Re) | 868912 / 136.3 |
| Orbital period (min / hour) | 61920 / 1032 |
| Spin rate (rpm) | 20 |
| Eccentricity | 0.9 |
| Inclination (°) | 5.15 |
| Observed regions | Earth's magnetotail over a wide range of distance, extending from the near-Earth region (8 Earth radii (Re) from the Earth) to the distant tail (about 200 Re); the magnetopause, the plasma sheet, and reconnection and neutral line formation. |
| Observed waves | Auroral kilometric radiation, electron whistler-mode noise |
| Name of the first experiment | Plasma Wave Investigation (PWI) |
| Name of the second experiment | Electric Field Detector (EFD) |
| Name of the third experiment | Magnetic Fields Measurement (MGF) |