Eros A1

Also called Eros A+

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General

Designation	26631 / 00079A
Launch date	5 Dec 2000
Country of origin	Israel
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	488/503 km, sun-synchronous
Inclination	97.3°
Period
Launch vehicle	Start 1 #5

Cost: $100 million to built, insure and launch

In Feb 2000 it was announced that funding problems and the failure of a circuit board delayed the launch.
In Jan 2001, short after launch, Israel's Ministry of Defense announced they bought the exclusive rights to all commercial imaging of Israel and territories in a radius of 2000 km. The deal is worth $15 million.

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End of life

Out of service
Cause
Decay	7 jul 2016

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Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	IAI
Platform
Mass at launch	240 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime	6 years

1.8 m resolution, the following will have 82 cm resolution; 12.5 km swath width. Camera from Elop Electro-Optics Industries Ltd. ("El-Op").

70 Mbps downlink, probably in X-band.
Telemetry on 2295 MHz

Said to be based on Offek 3. No onboard recording, all the data must be downloaded in realtime by earth stations (Prince Albert CA, Gatineau CA, Cordobe AR, Kiruna SE, IT, RU, Hartebeesthoek ZA, Tel Aviv IL, Singapore SG, KR, JP).

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