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Launch · COSPAR 2004-049 · 18 Dec 2004

HELIOS 2A

Guiana Space Centre, Kourou · FR5.24°, -52.77°

Payloads

7

Catalogued objects

15

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

8

Decayed

7

47% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Launch site: Guiana Space Centre, KourouGuiana Space Centre, Kourou

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 15

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Payload Payload · 7

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
HELIOS 2A284922004-049AUnknownLEO555 / 560 km98.25°on orbit—
NANOSAT-1284932004-049BActiveLEO625 / 632 km98.24°on orbit—
ESSAIM-1284942004-049CUnknownLEO608 / 610 km98.29°on orbit—
ESSAIM-2284952004-049DUnknownLEO593 / 595 km98.22°on orbit—
ESSAIM-3284962004-049EUnknownLEO576 / 578 km98.23°on orbit—
ESSAIM-4284972004-049FUnknownLEO602 / 605 km98.24°on orbit—
PARASOL284982004-049GUnknownLEO635 / 657 km98.50°on orbit—

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
ARIANE 5 R/B284992004-049HInactiveLEO552 / 671 km98.28°on orbit—

Debris Debris · 7

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
HELIOS 2A DEB507962004-049JDecayedLEO203 / 242 km98.03°10 Aug 2023—
HELIOS 2A DEB507972004-049KDecayedLEO307 / 351 km98.02°16 Jul 2023—
HELIOS 2A DEB507982004-049LDecayedLEO395 / 428 km98.07°07 Mar 2023—
HELIOS 2A DEB507992004-049MDecayedLEO358 / 408 km98.05°10 Apr 2023—
HELIOS 2A DEB508002004-049NDecayedLEO554 / 593 km97.99°27 Apr 2022—
HELIOS 2A DEB508012004-049PDecayedLEO288 / 318 km98.01°03 Jul 2022—
HELIOS 2A DEB514472004-049RDecayedLEO604 / 641 km98.09°22 Jul 2023—

Record

Launch record

COSPAR launch id
2004-049
Launch date(SATCAT, UTC)
18 Dec 2004
Launch site
Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
Site code
FRGUI
SatelliteIndex id
lch_01M28X3HYKRWA0HSQH65PWSBB5

Timeline

Events

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 2004-049; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.