کالیپسو (ماهواره)
Sign in to saveAlso known as Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations, ESSP 3, ESSP3, PICASSO-CENA, Pathfinder Instrument for Cloud and Aerosol Spaceborne Obeservation - Climatologie Etendue des Nuages et des Aerosols
CALIPSO was a joint NASA (US) and CNES (France) environmental satellite, built in the Cannes Mandelieu Space Center, which was launched atop a Delta II rocket on April 28, 2006. Its name stands for Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations. CALIPSO launched alongside CloudSat.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- CALIPSO
- Spaceflight.image
- CALIPSO spacecraft model.png
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- CALIPSO
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Earth observation
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASACNES
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 2006-016A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 29108
- Spaceflight.power
- 562 W
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Delta 7420-10C D314
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Vandenberg AFB SLC-2W
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Sun-synchronous
- Spaceflight.orbit_eccentricity
- 0.0001111
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 98.2176 degrees
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 98.50 minutes
- Spaceflight.orbit_RAAN
- 285.6451 degrees
- Spaceflight.orbit_arg_periapsis
- 80.3481 degrees
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Earth observation satellite
- Country
- France
- Operator
- CNES
- Mass
- 635
- Official website
- www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov
- Image
- CALIPSO spacecraft model.png
- Height
- 2.31
- Width
- 1.84
- Length
- 1.49
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- Commons category
- CALIPSO (spacecraft)
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2006-04-28
- space launch vehicle
- Delta II
- short name
- CALIPSO
- spacecraft bus
- PROTEUS
- powered by
- spacecraft solar array
- type of orbit
- Sun-synchronous orbit
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