SSOT

Spacecraft n°:

Chile spacecraft n°: 3

Launch data: Designation  38011 / 11076E Launch date  17 Dec 2011 - 02:03 UT Launch site  CSG, ELS Launch vehicle  Soyuz ST-A Mission  Government: Earth observation, Imaging LEO Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  606 x 612 km Eccentricity  4,30E-04 Inclination  97.99 deg Period  96.86 min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• Chile's SSOT satellite, based on the French Myriade platform, will collect 4.8-foot resolution imagery for security, mapping, urban planning, and agriculture applications.
• Extremely high-quality satellite images with applications such as mapping, agriculture, town planning, and natural resource, risk and disaster management.

Mission details:

• The second Soyuz launch from French Guiana was a Soyuz ST-A, the Soyuz-2-1a model with the old-style engine in the third stage. The upper stage was Fregat No. 1021. Main payload was the 970 kg Pleiades 1a.
• Four 120 kg electronic intelligence satellites for the DGA (French military procurement agency) and SSOT (Fasat-Charlie), an imaging satellite for the Chilean Air Force, were also carried. The Elisa payloads were attached to the ASAP-S dispenser, which was ejected to reveal the SSOT satellite underneath.