SSETI Mission

Objectives and Applications

The satellite serves as a testbed and technology demonstrator for another larger scale mission, namely ESEO (European Student Earth Orbiter). it is also used to take images of the Earth's surface and to try to involve the amateur radio community, in the downlink of housekeeping and payload data.

Mission Summary

Full Name
(Student Space Education and Technology Initiative) Express
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
ESA
Launch Date
27 Oct 2005
Mission Links
EOL Date
27 Oct 2005
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Orbit Period
98.5 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
98.3 deg
Orbit Altitude
686 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
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