AGILE (satellite)
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AGILE (Astro‐Rivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero) was an X-ray and gamma ray astronomical satellite of the Italian Space Agency (ASI). Launched in 2007, it de-orbited in February 2024.[3]
Quick Facts Mission type, Operator ...
Mission type | Gamma-ray astronomy |
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Operator | ASI |
COSPAR ID | 2007-013A |
SATCAT no. | 31135 |
Website | agile |
Mission duration | 3 years (planned) 17 years and 11 days (elapsed) [1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | OHB (in the Milano site), ex Compagnia Generale per lo Spazio |
Launch mass | 352 kilograms (776 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 23 April 2007, 10:00:00 (2007-04-23UTC10Z) UTC |
Rocket | PSLV C8 |
Launch site | Satish Dhawan SLP |
Contractor | ISRO |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Semi-major axis | 6,892.13 kilometres (4,282.57 mi) |
Eccentricity | 0.0017574 |
Perigee altitude | 509 kilometres (316 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 533 kilometres (331 mi) |
Inclination | 2.47 degrees |
Period | 94.90 minutes |
Epoch | 4 December 2013, 04:13:37 UTC[2] |
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