Cerise

France

Spacecraft nº:

France spacecraft nº: 39

Launch data:

Designation 23606 / 95033B
Launch date07 Jul 1995
Launch site Ko, ELA-2
Launch vehicle:Ariane-40 (V75)
Mission Military: ELINT
Perigee/Apogee 666/675 km
Inclination 98.2°
Period 98.2 min

Operated by CNES and the DGA (Délégation Générale de l'Armement), ministry of defense. Cerise is to catalog terrestrial electromagnetic sources between 500 MHz and 20 GHz. Cost: $17.4 million.

It will be followed by Clementine to catalog sources between 20 MHz and 1 GHz.

On 24th July 1996 the satellite was hit by a fragment of the Ariane which launched Spot 1 Part of the stabilization system was destroyed

Specifications

Prime contractor Alcatel Espace & Thomson CSF
Platform UoSAT
Mass at launch 50 kg
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Stabilization 3-axis
DC power  
Design lifetime 2.5 years
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