Odin

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General

Designation	26702 / 01007A
Launch date	20 Feb 2001
Country of origin	Sweden
Operator	Swedish Space Corporation
Mission	Scientific: Astronomy and aeronomy
Perigee/Apogee	600 km sun-synchronous (ascending node 18:00)
Inclination	97.8°
Period
Launch vehicle	Start #5
Launch site	Svobodny

To perform detailed studies of the physics and the chemistry of the interstellar medium by observing emission from key species. It will also study the stratosphere and mesosphere.

Launch cost: $5 million

Still operational in early 2010.

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External resources

http://odin.ssc.se/

http://www.ssc.se/ssd/ssat/odin.html
sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	SSC
Platform
Mass at launch	250 kg
Mass in orbit
Payload mass	80 kg
Dimension	2.0 m high, 3.8 m width (1.1 m stowed)
Solar array
Stabilization	3-axis
DC power	340 W
Design lifetime	2 years

Has a pointing accuracy of 15 arcsec and 100 MB data storage. The spectrometer and the radiometer are cryogenic and fed by a 1.1 m gregorain telescope.
Carries an Optical spectrometer (280 - 800 nm and 1270 nm) and a Radiometer (3 mm & 0.5 mm).
Downlink: 2208 MHz

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