FalconEye 1

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General

Designation	n/a
Launch date	11 Jul 2019
Country of origin	United Arab Emirates
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	611 km
Inclination
Period
Launch vehicle	Vega VV15

High performance Earth observation for UAE armed forces, insured for EUR 369 million ($416 million)
Carried the HiRI 5-channel (visible and IR) high resolution camera

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End of life

Out of service	n/a
Cause	Launch failure
Decay	11 Jul 2019

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	Airbus Defence and Space, TAS as co-prime
Platform	AstroSat 1000
Mass at launch	1197 kg
Dry mass
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

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