Spacecraft information: LISA PATHFINDER

Launch Details
Launched 2 December 2015
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Destination Earth Lagrange Orbit
Launch site Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner European Space Agency
NORAD ID 41043
COSPAR ID 2015-070A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 5.975°
Eccentricity 0.08677
RA ascending node 21.119 hr
Argument perigee 165.248°
Mean anomaly 197.519°
Orbital period 101.718 min
Epoch of osculation 10 Dec 2015, 18:29

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 220.8 km
Mean Altitude 847.1 km
Peak Altitude 1473.5 km

Timeline

2015 Dec 3 Launch from Guiana Space Centre
2016 Jan 22 Insertion into Lissajous orbit around L1
2016 Mar 1 Start of in-flight testing
2016 Mar 8 Start of scientific operations
2016 Jun 7 Publication of first results
2017 Jun 30 Spacecraft decommissioned
2018 Feb 5 Publication of final results

Launched alongside

AVUM R/B

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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