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| | | | | | | Envisat: satellite facts
| Launch |
1 March 2002 (CET) |
| Launcher |
Ariane 5 |
| Launch mass |
8200 kg |
| Payload mass (the instruments) |
2050 kg |
| Planned mission length |
5 years |
| Number of instruments |
10 |
| Orbit |
Sun synchronous, altitude 800 km |
| Inclination |
98 degrees |
| Time for one orbit |
101 minutes |
| Cycle |
35 day repeat, though many of Envisat’s instruments observe a wide
swath of Earth and so observe the whole planet every few days. |
| Cost |
About 2 billion Euros |
| Main contributors |
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom |
Last update: 23 September 2004 | |
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