Overview
Most of these satellites from Germany are launched for civil use (36.4%) and for the purpose of technology development (38.6%).Majority of these satellites are LEO satellites, with around 42 (95.5%) launched so far.
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Which rocket has delivered the most satellites from Germany to space?
Which launch site has launched the most satellites from Germany to space?
What is the most common type of satellite orbit?
Apogee, Perigee & Period
Designed for technology development, S-Net-1 is a civil satellite operated by Technical University Berlin (Germany).
A sun-synchronous LEO satellite, it was launched into space using Soyuz-2.1a as the launch vehicle from Vostochny Cosmodrome on 31 January 2018. S-Net-1 was constructed by Technical University Berlin (Germany).
Designed with an operational lifetime of 1 years, S-Net-1 has a launch mass of 9 kg and navigates with the COSPAR ID 2018-014G and NORAD ID 43186.
With an orbital eccentricity of 1.15E-03, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 572km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 588km. It takes 96 minutes to orbit the Earth at an inclination of 98 degrees to the equatorial plane of the Earth.
Third heaviest satellite launched by Technical University Berlin into space at 12 kg
A civil satellite, SALSAT is operated by Technical University Berlin of Germany for the purpose of space science.
A sun-synchronous LEO satellite, it was launched into space using Soyuz-2.1b as the launch vehicle from Plesetsk Cosmodrome on 28 September 2020. SALSAT was constructed by Technical University Berlin (Germany).
SALSAT has a launch mass of 12 kg and navigates with the COSPAR ID 2020-068K and NORAD ID 46495.
With an orbital eccentricity of 1.59E-03, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 546km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 568km. It takes 96 minutes to orbit the Earth at an inclination of 98 degrees to the equatorial plane of the Earth.
Heaviest satellite launched by KLEO Connect into space at 100 kg
Designed for technology development, KL-Beta-A is a commercial satellite operated by KLEO Connect (Germany).
Constructed by Shanghai Institute of Microsatellite Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China), it was launched into space using Long March 6 as the launch vehicle from Taiyuan Launch Center on 4 August 2021. KL-Beta-A orbits around the Earth as a polar LEO satellite.
KL-Beta-A has a launch mass of 100 kg and navigates with the COSPAR ID 2021-070A and NORAD ID 49059.
With an orbital eccentricity of 5.50E-04, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 899km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 907km. It takes 110 minutes to orbit the Earth at an inclination of 89 degrees to the equatorial plane of the Earth.
Heaviest satellite launched by Würzburg Center For Telematics into space at 4 kg
A commercial satellite, Netsat-1 is operated by Würzburg Center for Telematics of Germany for the purpose of technology demonstration.
A sun-synchronous LEO satellite, it was launched into space using Soyuz-2.1b as the launch vehicle from Plesetsk Cosmodrome on 28 September 2020. Netsat-1 was constructed by Würzburg Center for Telematics (Germany).
Netsat-1 has a launch mass of 4 kg and navigates with the COSPAR ID 2020-068W and NORAD ID 46506.
With an orbital eccentricity of 1.66E-03, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 544km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 567km. It takes 96 minutes to orbit the Earth at an inclination of 98 degrees to the equatorial plane of the Earth.
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