CHAMP (satellite)
Challenging Minisatellite Payload (CHAMP) was a German satellite launched July 15, 2000 from Plesetsk, Russia and was used for atmospheric and ionospheric research, as well as other geoscientific applications, such as GPS radio occultation.
![]() Artist's impression of CHAMP | |
Mission type | Technology |
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Operator | DLR |
COSPAR ID | 2000-039B |
SATCAT no. | 26405 |
Mission duration | Achieved: 10 years Planned: 5 years |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | Flexbus |
Manufacturer | Astrium |
Launch mass | 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 15 July 2000, 12:00:00 UTC |
Rocket | Kosmos-3M |
Launch site | Plesetsk 132/1 |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 19 September 2010 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Semi-major axis | 6,823.287 kilometres (4,239.794 mi) |
Eccentricity | 0.0007115 |
Inclination | 87.18 degrees |
Period | 93.55 minutes |
RAAN | 124.21 degrees |
Argument of perigee | 277.62 degrees |
Epoch | 15 July 2000 12:00:00 UTC[1] |
CHAMP was managed by GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) Potsdam.
The spacecraft is the first application of Astrium's "Flexbus" platform; GRACE was the second. A heavily modified version flew as the GOCE mission.
CHAMP completed its mission and re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on 19 September 2010 after 10 years (design life: five years).[2]
The mission was judged as being successful by the involved scientists.[3]
References
- "Launch/Orbital Information for CHAMP". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA.
- "Upcoming and Recent Reentries | The Aerospace Corporation". Reentrynews.aero.org. Archived from the original on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
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