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Clémentine (satellite)

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COSPAR ID
  
1999-064B

Bus
  
SSTL-70

Launch date
  
3 December 1999

SATCAT no.
  
25978

Launch mass
  
50 kg (110 lb)

Mission type
  
Military reconnaissance

Manufacturer
  
Alcatel Space · Surrey Satellite Technology

Similar
  
Cerise, Proteus, Athena‑Fidus, MICROSCOPE, Parasol

Clémentine is a small satellite built by Alcatel Space (now Thales) for the French DGA, ostensibly "to study the Earth's radio-electrical environment from space."

It is a successor to the Cerise satellite.

References

Clémentine (satellite) Wikipedia


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