ArianespaceAriane 5 GAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Envisat
Launched
March 1, 2002 · 01:07 UTC
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace
Summary
Envisat launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 G from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on March 1, 2002 at 01:07 UTC. It was Arianespace's 144th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 4,520th orbital launch attempt. It was the 11th Ariane 5 G flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Envisat, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 773 × 792 km orbit inclined 98.5°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Ariane V145Destination Orbite
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5 G · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 11th Ariane 5 G flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 144th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 4,520th orbital launch attempt9th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Envisat · NORAD 27386 · 2002-009 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- ENVISAT
- Object ID
- 2002-009A
- Epoch
- 2002-03-01 02:53:40 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.34878788 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0013202
- Inclination
- 98.5327°
- Ascending node
- 128.739°
- Arg. of perigee
- 261.6647°
- Mean anomaly
- 98.2927°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- Envisat · NORAD 27386 · in orbit
Ariane 5 L511 EPS · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A large Earth-Observing satellite in sun synchronous polar orbit.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
11th launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 1st this year · 157th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Local pad time at liftoff: Feb 28, 10:07 PM GMT-3, at night
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
231 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Envisat launch?
Envisat launched on March 1, 2002 at 01:07 UTC.
Where can I watch Envisat?
Coverage: Ariane V145. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Envisat?
Ariane 5 G, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 G spec sheet
Where did Envisat launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana. Liftoff was Feb 28, 10:07 PM GMT-3 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Envisat reach?
Envisat, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 773 × 792 km orbit inclined 98.5°.
How many satellites did Envisat launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).