Mission type | Earth observation Optical imaging Disaster monitoring |
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Operator | hisdeSAT [1] |
Mission duration | 7 years (planned) [2] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | AstroBus-L |
Manufacturer | Airbus Defence and Space Thales Alenia Space |
Launch mass | 830 kg |
Dry mass | 750 kg |
Power | 580 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 17 November 2020, 01:52:20 UTC [3] |
Rocket | Vega VV17 |
Launch site | Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELV |
Contractor | Arianespace |
End of mission | |
Last contact | November 17, 2020 UTC |
Decay date | Launch failure, did not achieve orbit Cause: Human Error |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Sun-synchronous orbit |
Altitude | 670 km |
Inclination | 98.09° |
SEOSat-Ingenio (short for Spanish Earth Observation Satellite-Ingenio), was a Spanish project to produce a satellite capable of providing wide-field imagery (230 frames a day, 60 km × 60 km) ensuring a repeat cycle of 38 days at 2.5 metre panchromatic resolution and 10 metre colour resolution, from a Sun-synchronous polar orbit; it was Spain's first optical imaging satellite. The satellite was part of the Spanish Earth Observation Satellite program.[4] The mission was funded by Spain's Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI). SEOSat-Ingenio information was to be used by various Spanish civil, institutional or government users. However, under the Copernicus Programme of the European Union, it was also accessible to other European users, as well as to the Group on Earth observation of the Global Observing System of Earth.[5]