CHAMP - CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload
CHAMP provides important contributions for geo-scientific research and information about the physics of the atmosphere. With its extremely precise multifunctional and complementary payload elements - including magnetometer, accelerometer, star sensor, GPS receiver, laser retro reflector and ion drift meter - CHAMP measures for the first time and with high accuracy the global gravity and magnetic field over a lifetime of more than five years. After the Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) was successfully completed in a joint effort between engineers from the industry and scientists from the GeoForschungszentrum Potsdam, GSOC is controlling the CHAMP satellite during its scientific routine phase using the ground station at Weilheim.
Launch Date | 15 July 2000 |
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Orbit Altitude |
460 km |
Orbital Position | 87.3° |
Mass | 522 kg |
Length | 8 m (inkl. Boom) |
Launch Site | Plesetsk, Russia |
Launcher | COSMOS |
Mission Lifetime | 7 years |
Control Center | DLR / GSOC |
Ground Stations | Weilheim, Neustrelitz |
Re-Entry | 19 Sep 2010 (incinerated) |