CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- SSETI
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Full Name
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(Student Space Education and Technology Initiative) Express
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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ESA
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Launch Date
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27 Oct 2005
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Mission Links
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EOL Date
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27 Oct 2005
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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Orbit Period
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98.5 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Ascending
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Orbit Inclination
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98.3 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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686 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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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.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
No FedEO OpenSearch datasets found.
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