Paz

Was SEOsar (Satélite Español de Observación SAR)
Paz means "peace" in Spanish

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General

Designation	43215 / 18020A
Launch date	22 Feb 2018
Country of origin	Spain
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	514 km, sun-synchronous
Inclination	97.4°
Period	94.8 min
Launch vehicle	Falcon 9 #56

This satellite will be operated through the National Earth Observation Program (Programa Nacional de Observacion de la Tierra; PNOT). Owned by Hisdesat.

The mission is devoted to providing high resolution multispectral land optical images to different Spanish civil, institutional and government users, and potentially to other European users in the framework of GMES and GEOSS. Satellite initial cost: EUR 160 million.

Should provide panchromatic imagery of 2.5 m (or 1m?) and multispectral imagery of 10 m resolution. 100 pictures per day.

Carries 2 secondary payloads: the Automatic Identification System (AIS) and the Heavy Precipitation experiment (ROHP).

Originally to be launched in 2012, then in 2014 by Dnepr through Kosmotras. Moved to Falcon 9 in 2017.

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Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	Astrium
Platform
Mass at launch	1400 kg
Dry mass
Dimension	2.4 m diameter x 5 m long
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime	5.5 years

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