CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- Etalon
-
|
|
Full Name
|
Etalon-1 and Etalon-2
|
Status
|
Operational (nominal)
|
|
Mission Agencies
|
Russia
|
Launch Date
|
01 Oct 1989
|
|
Mission Links
|
|
EOL Date
|
Dec 2030
|
|
EO Portal Info
|
|
NORAD Catalog #
|
|
|
|
|
International Designator
|
|
|
|
Orbit Type
|
TBD
|
Orbit Period
|
675 minutes
|
|
Orbit Sense
|
TBD
|
Orbit Inclination
|
65 deg
|
|
Orbit Altitude
|
19100 km
|
Orbit Longitude
|
|
|
Orbit LST
|
|
Repeat Cycle
|
|
|
|
Objectives and Applications
|
Etalon-1 and Etalon-2 are passive geodetic satellites that perform satellite laser ranging (SLR) to develop high accuracy global references, and study geodynamic processes and long-period disturbances.
|
|
|
|
Mission Measurements
|
|
|
|
Mission Instruments
|
|
|