Launch Details

Launched	21 October 2001
Flight ended	–
Status	Operational
Categories	Engineering Active satellites
Launch site	Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India (Formerly Sriharikota Launching Range)
Owner	European Space Agency
NORAD ID	26958
COSPAR ID	2001-049B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	97.951°
Eccentricity	0.00585
RA ascending node	13.829 hr
Argument perigee	118.926°
Mean anomaly	241.784°
Orbital period	95.652 min
Epoch of osculation	02 Aug 2025, 11:14

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	516.7 km
Mean Altitude	557.2 km
Peak Altitude	597.7 km

Launched alongside

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