Design Life:

4 years

Satellite mass (dry):

466 kg

Spacecraft Power:

558 W EOL (GaAs, 65sqm)

Accuracy

0.3 deg.

Knowledge:

100 arcsec

Stability:

0.03 deg

Type:

Circular Sun Synchronous Orbit

Altitude:

702 km (stable for lifetime)

Inclination:

98.2 Degrees

Local hour:

10:15 +/-5 min. (descending node) (stable for lifetime)

Revisit Time:

9 days/subcycles 2 and 7 days

Ground Track error

+/- 10 km (EOL)

Eccentricity:

< 0.05

Payload:

Earth Observation Instruments

Launch Date:

November 21^st 2000

Launcher:

DELTA II 7320-10, from Vandenberg, CA, USA