Ingenio (satellite)

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Ingenio
Country: SpainSpain Spain
Operator: Hisdesat
Mission dates
Dimensions: 830 kg
Begin: 2020 (planned)
Starting place: Center Spatial Guyanais
Launcher: Vega
Status: planned
Orbit data
Track height: 668-670 km

Ingenio (old name: Seosat ) is the name of a planned Spanish earth observation satellite. The satellite will be manufactured by EADS Astrium and will be operated by Hisdesat . The optical resolution of the camera on board should be 2.5 m in black and white and 10 m in color. Ingenio also has three scientific experiments on board:

The start was originally planned for 2015 and has since been postponed to 2020. The orbit is said to be on a solar-synchronous , polar orbit with an orbit height of around 668 km.

Together with the radar satellite Paz , which was launched on February 22, 2018, Ingenio forms the Programa Nacional de Observación de la Tierra por Satélite (PNOTS).

The satellite is powered by batteries that can be charged by three foldable solar panels . The planned lifetime for Igenio is 7 years.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b EFE : Defensa: España es capaz de liderar programas aeroespaciales internacionales. In: eldiario.es. February 12, 2019, accessed March 22, 2019 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ a b c Gunter Krebs: Ingenio. In: Gunter's Space Page. August 3, 2016, accessed February 1, 2017 .
  3. ^ A b World Meteorological Organization: Satellite: SEOSat / Ingenio. January 14, 2017, accessed February 1, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Ingenio. (No longer available online.) Hisdesat, archived from the original on June 21, 2012 ; accessed on March 21, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hisdesat.es
  5. ↑ UVAS in orbitalcs.com
  6. ^ PAZ SAR satellite mission of Spain. ESA, accessed March 21, 2014 .