UCS-Satellite-Database
| Id | Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Current Official Name of Satellite | Country/Org of UN Registry | Country of Operator/Owner | Operator/Owner | Users | Purpose | Detailed Purpose | Class of Orbit | Type of Orbit | Longitude of GEO (degrees) | Perigee (km) | Apogee (km) | Eccentricity | Inclination (degrees) | Period (minutes) | Launch Mass (kg.) | Dry Mass (kg.) | Power (watts) | Date of Launch | Expected Lifetime (yrs.) | Contractor | Country of Contractor | Launch Site | Launch Vehicle | COSPAR Number | NORAD Number | Comments | Source Used for Orbital Data | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 334 | Cloudsat | Cloudsat | USA | USA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Colorado State University | Government/Civil | Earth Observation | Radar Imaging | LEO | Sun-Synchronous | 0 | 702 | 703 | 7.07E-05 | 98.2 | 98.8 | 848 | 570.00 | 2006/4/28 | 2 | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | USA | Vandenberg AFB | Delta 2 | 2006-016A | 29107 | Joins Aqua, Parasol, Aura, and Calipso in A-Train; meteorological satellite, carries single radar to obtain the reflectivity of clouds. | www.satellitedebris.net 12/12 | http://cloudsat.atmos.colostate.edu/overview |
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