| Dimensions | 6.2 x 3.4 x 3.4 metres (under the launcher fairing)
17.6 x 6.5 x 5.2 metres (deployed in orbit) |
| Orbit | Sun-synchronous orbit
09.30 mean local solar time (Equator crossing, descending node) |
| Inclination | 98.7 degrees to the Equator |
| Time for one orbit | 101 minutes |
| Repeat cycle | 29 days |
| Mean altitude | Approximately 817 km |
| Mass | 4093 Kg |
| Payload mass | 931 Kg |
| Power | 1812 W average power consumption (end-of-life) |
| Launch | 19 October 2006
from Baikonur Space Centre in Kazakhstan |
| Launch vehicle | Soyuz-ST Fregat |
| Mission duration | Six months of commissioning followed by 4.5 years operational mission |
