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Corot
Part of Proteus
Corot
Corot
French visible astronomy satellite. Astronomy satellite built by Alcatel Space for CNES, ESA, France. Launched 2006. Used the Proteus Bus bus.

Status: Operational 2006. First Launch: 2006-12-27. Last Launch: 2006-12-27. Number: 1 . Payload: 300 kg (660 lb). Gross mass: 630 kg (1,380 lb). Height: 4.10 m (13.40 ft). Diameter: 1.99 m (6.52 ft).

European COnvection ROtation and planetary Transits satellite, designed to detect transits of planets down to earth size as they pass in front of their stars, and convection currents on stellar surfaces. The satellite was to use its 27-cm-diameter telescope to scan 120,000 stars during its 30-month mission.

The COROT satellite consisted of :

Corot had a pointing accuracy of 0.5 arcsec and could downlink 1.5 Gbit of telemetry per day. It would operate in a pure (not sun-synchronous) polar circular orbit (90-degree inclination) at an altitude of 896 km. During alternating 20 and 150 day observation runs the spacecraft would be 3-axis stabilized with asterocentric pointing. The jitter of stars as received by the detector was then less than 0.5 arcsec (0.2 pixel). The seismology channel provided the platform with the angular data feeding the attitude control system.

Spacecraft delta v: 90 m/s (295 ft/sec). Electric System: 0.53 average kW.


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Family: Astronomy, Polar orbit, Visible astronomy satellite. Country: France. Launch Vehicles: R-7, Soyuz-2-1B. Launch Sites: Baikonur, Baikonur LC31. Agency: CNES. Bibliography: 2, 6427, 12187.
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2006 December 27 - . 14:23 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC31. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-2-1B.

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