Topex-Poseidon, Kitsat 1 & S80/T

NASA/CNES's TOPEX/Poseidon ocean-topography satellite launched to map global sea-surface height via radar altimetry, riding alongside South Korea's Kitsat-1 amateur satellite and France's S80/T communications experiment.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

2.5 T

Flight

2nd

of 15 Ariane 42P flights

Date and time

10 August 1992, 23:08 UTC

Rocket

Ariane 42P

Builder

Aérospatiale

Launch site

Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

1992-052

Launches in 1992

53rd of 97

See it in orbit

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Object pages on Space Atlas: TOPEX/Poseidon

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