ArianespaceAriane 42PAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
SPOT 5
Launched
May 4, 2002
Image: NASA
Summary
SPOT 5 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 42P from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on May 4, 2002. It was Arianespace's 147th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 4,532nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 15th Ariane 42P flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). SPOT 5, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 811 × 813 km orbit inclined 98.7°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 42P · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 15th Ariane 42P flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 147th launch6th this yearhumanity's 4,532nd orbital launch attempt21st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
SPOT 5 · NORAD 27421 · 2002-021 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SPOT 5
- Object ID
- 2002-021A
- Epoch
- 2002-05-04 11:45:15 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.26113993 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001333
- Inclination
- 98.749°
- Ascending node
- 199.5121°
- Arg. of perigee
- 133.9522°
- Mean anomaly
- 226.1918°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 6
- B*
- -0.0089879
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- SPOT 5 · NORAD 27421 · in orbit
Ariane H10-3 V151 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The main instrument was the HRVIR imaging camera payload including a 2.5-meter resolution imager. A secondary experiment was the 5-band VEGETATION-2 instrument with 1-km resolution.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
115th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 5th this year · 160th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
17 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did SPOT 5 launch?
SPOT 5 launched on May 4, 2002. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SPOT 5?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SPOT 5?
Ariane 42P, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 42P spec sheet
Where did SPOT 5 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did SPOT 5 reach?
SPOT 5, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 811 × 813 km orbit inclined 98.7°.
How many satellites did SPOT 5 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).