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GSAT0002 (GIOVE-B)

NonoperationalPayloadMEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date: April 26, 2008 at 10:16 PM UTC
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by: Soyuz-FG Fregat →
Operator: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Mission: Giove-B
Launch record: View full launch →

Orbit

Orbit regime: MEO
Apoapsis: 23,833 km
Periapsis: 23,815 km
Inclination: 59.99°
Orbital period: 870.59 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l): 2008-020A
NORAD catalog №: 32781
Object type: Payload
Owner / operator: European Space Agency
Radar cross-section: 4.8855 m²
Status: Nonoperational

End of mission

Fate: No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status: Nonoperational