Orbview 3

USA

Spacecraft n°:

USA satellite n°:

Launch data:

Designation	27838 / 03030A
Launch date	26 Jun 2003 - 18:53 UT
Launch site	Va, L-1011 RW3
Launch vehicle	Pegasus XL (#34)
Mission	Remote sensing
Sun-synchronous Earth orbit:
Perigee/Apogee	470 km sun-synchronous (10:30 AM)
Inclination	97°
Period	92.5 min
Orbital cycle	< 3 days

Specifications:

Prime contractor	OSC
Platform	Microstar
Mass at launch	304 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power

End of live:

Reentered date:	13 Mar 2011
Lifetime:

On board storage: 4 GB Maximum data rate: 150 Mbps Should operate in the 8025-8400 MHz frequency band, TT&C communications would be in UHF-, S- and X-band.

Ability to turn from side to side up to 45° from the polar orbit path

Payload

Wavebands	Panchromatic: 450-900 nm Multispectral: 450-520 nm 520-600 nm 625-695 nm 760-900 nm
Swath width	8 km
Resolution	Panchromatic: 1 m Multispectral: 4 m

Instrument provided by Northrop Grumman

Ref: #3(SD461), #7, #15 - update: 06.06.11