Spot 3

France

Spacecraft nº:

France spacecraft nº: 36

Launch data:

Designation 22823 / 93061A
Launch date 26 Sep 1993
Launch site Ko, ELA-2
Launch vehicle  Ariane-40 (V59)
MissionRemote sensing
Earth orbit:
Perigee/Apogee 821/823 km
Inclination 98.7°
Period 101.3 min

On 14 November 1996 the satellite stopped operating. Decision was taken to launch Spot 4 as soon as possible and to reactivate Spot 1.

End of life

Out of service 14 Nov 1996
Cause failure: attitude control was lost, after several gyroscope problems
Decay  


CCD with 6000 points
Transmits at 2238.5 MHz

Ref: #15 - update: 24.10.04