Name of the satellite | IMAGE |
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Other name(s) | MIDEX/IMAGE Explorer 78 26113 |
COSPAR designation | 2000-017A |
Project(s) Manager(s) of the satellite | James L. Burch |
Institute of the project(s) manager(s) | SWRI |
Country or Space Agency | USA |
Link(s) to Web site(s) | http://pluto.space.swri.edu/IMAGE/
http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/tmp/2000-017A.html |
Launch date (dd-mm-yyyy) | 25-03-00 |
Termination date (dd-mm-yyyy) | ***** |
Lifetime of the satellite (month) | ***** |
Type of the orbits | HEO |
(Initial) Perigee (km) | 1000 |
(Initial) Apogee (km / Re) | 45922 / 7.2 |
Orbital period (min / hour) | 856 / 14.2 |
Spin rate (rpm) | 0.5 ± 0.01 |
Eccentricity | 0.75308 |
Inclination (°) | 90.01 |
Observed regions | Magnetosphere |
Observed waves | |
Name of the first experiment | Radio Plasma Imager (RPI) |