Heaviest satellite launched by Finland into space at 80 kg

Operated by ICEYE Ltd. of Finland, ICEYE-X2 is a commercial satellite launched for the purpose of earth observation (Radar Imaging (SAR)).

Constructed by ICEYE Ltd. (Finland), it was launched into space using Falcon 9 as the launch vehicle from Vandenberg AFB on 3 December 2018. ICEYE-X2 orbits around the Earth as a sun-synchronous LEO satellite.

ICEYE-X2 has a launch mass of 80 kg and orbits around the Earth with the COSPAR ID 2018-099AU and NORAD ID 43800.

Taking 96 minutes to orbit the Earth, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 570km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 587km. The eccentricity of the orbit is 1.22E-03 and it orbits at an inclination of 98 degrees to the equatorial plane of the Earth.

Compare ICEYE-X2 with Cosmos 2540 from Russia.

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