Clémentine (satellite)

Clémentine
Mission type	reconnaissance satellite
COSPAR ID	1999-064B
SATCAT no.	25978
Spacecraft properties
Bus	SSTL-70
Manufacturer	Alcatel Space · Surrey Satellite Technology
Launch mass	50 kg (110 lb)
Dimensions	0.6 × 0.3 × 0.3 m (1.97 × 0.98 × 0.98 ft)
Start of mission
Launch date	3 December 1999, 16:22 UTC
Rocket	Ariane 4 V-124
Launch site	Guiana Space Centre ELA-2
Contractor	Arianespace
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Sun-synchronous
Eccentricity	0.0009381
Perigee altitude	573 km (356 mi)
Apogee altitude	586 km (364 mi)
Inclination	98.2500°
Mean motion	14.96 rev/day
Epoch	27 December 2016, 12:25:58 UTC

Clémentine is a small satellite built by Alcatel Space (now Thales) for the French DGA, ostensibly "to study the Earth's radio-electrical environment from space."[1]

It is a successor to the Cerise satellite.[2]

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-01-17. Retrieved 2007-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Recent Launches. Archived 2004-08-26 at the Wayback Machine Jonathan's Space Report. #413. December 5, 1999.

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-01-17. Retrieved 2007-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Recent Launches. Archived 2004-08-26 at the Wayback Machine Jonathan's Space Report. #413. December 5, 1999.

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February	Stardust Globalstar 23, Globalstar 36, Globalstar 38, Globalstar 40 Telstar 6 JCSAT-6 Soyuz TM-29 ARGOS, Ørsted, SUNSAT Arabsat 3A, Skynet 4E Globus No.15
March	Wide Field Infrared Explorer Globalstar 23, Globalstar 37, Globalstar 41, Globalstar 46 AsiaSat 3S DemoSat
April	Progress M-41, Sputnik 99 INSAT-2E USA-142 Eutelsat W3 Globalstar 19, Globalstar 42, Globalstar 44, Globalstar 45 Landsat 7 UoSAT-12 Ikonos-1 ABRIXAS, Megsat-0 USA-143
May	Orion 3 Feng Yun 1C, Shijian 5 TERRIERS, MUBLCOM Nimiq 1 USA-144 Oceansat-1, Kitsat-3, DLR-Tubsat STS-96 (Starshine 1)
June	Globalstar 25, Globalstar 47, Globalstar 49, Globalstar 52 Iridium 14A, Iridium 21A Astra 1H QuikSCAT FUSE
July	Gran' No.45 Molniya 3-50 Globalstar 30, Globalstar 32, Globalstar 35, Globalstar 51 Progress M-42 Okean-O No.1 STS-93 (Chandra) Globalstar 26, Globalstar 28, Globalstar 43, Globalstar 48
August	Telkom 1, Globalstar 24, Globalstar 27, Globalstar 53, Globalstar 54 Kosmos 2365 Kosmos 2366
September	Koreasat 3 Yamal-101, Yamal-102 Foton 12 Globalstar 33, Globalstar 50, Globalstar 55, Globalstar 58 EchoStar V Ikonos 2 Telstar 7 LMI-1 Resurs F-1M
October	USA-145 DirecTV-1R CBERS-1, SACI-1 Globalstar 31, Globalstar 56, Globalstar 57, Globalstar 59 Orion 2 Ekspress A1
November	GE-4 MTSAT-1 Shenzhou 1 Globalstar 29, Globalstar 34, Globalstar 39, Globalstar 61 USA-146
December	Hélios 1B, Clémentine Orbcomm FM30, Orbcomm FM31, Orbcomm FM32, Orbcomm FM33, Orbcomm FM34, Orbcomm FM35, Orbcomm FM36 XMM-Newton † SACI-2 USA-147 Terra STS-103 Arirang-1, ACRIMSAT, Millennial Galaxy 11 Kosmos 2367 Kosmos 2368
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