Orbview 3

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General

Designation	27838 / 03030A
Launch date	26 Jun 2003
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	470 km sun-synchronous (10:30 AM)
Inclination	97°
Period	92.5 min
Orbital cycle	< 3 days
Launch vehicle	Pegasus XL #35

USAF contract worth $41.5 million

sat-index articles

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End of life

Out of service	4 Mar 2007
Cause	Anomaly on the camera electronics.
Decay	13 Mar 2011

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	OSC
Platform	Microstar
Mass at launch	304 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime	5 years

On board storage: 4 GB Maximum data rate: 150 Mbps Should operate in the 8025-8400 MHz frequency band, TT&C communications would be in UHF-, S- and X-band.

Ability to turn from side to side up to 45° from the polar orbit path

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Payload

Wavebands	Panchromatic: 450-900 nm Multispectral: 450-520 nm 520-600 nm 625-695 nm 760-900 nm
Swath width	8 km
Resolution	Panchromatic: 1 m Multispectral: 4 m

Instrument provided by Northrop Grumman

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