BackForward Satellite: Diadéme-2 

Satellite details
Acronym Diadéme-2
Full name Diadéme-2
Satellite Description
  • 2nd flight unit of the Diadéme programme.
  • Main mission: Solid Earth (space geodesy).
  • Mission performed by an array of laser retro-reflectors distributed over an area of 50 cm diameter.
  • Elliptical orbit, perigee 588 km, apogee 1667 km
Mass at launch 23 kg Dry mass 23 kg
Power
Data access link no link provided
Data access information
  • Data freely available from the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS).
Orbit Drifting orbit Altitude 990 km
Inclination 39.4 °

 

Space agency CNES
Status Operational
Details on Status
(as available)
Launch 15 Feb 1967 EOL ≥2050
Last update: 2015-07-28
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Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on Diadéme-2

Acronym Full name
RRA Retro-Reflector Array
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