Spot 2

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General

Designation	20436 / 90005A
Launch date	22 Jan 1990
Country of origin	France
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	821/823 km, same plan as Spot 1 but at its antipode
Inclination	98.7°
Period	101.3 min
Launch vehicle	Ariane V35

On-board recorders were out of use after 2 years of service

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External resources

sat-index articles

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End of life

Out of service	Jul 2009
Cause	Decision was made to decrease its perigee to below 600 km so that it reenters atmosphere in 15 years to 25 years
Decay

Technical data

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Specifications
Payload

Beacon frequency: 8.307 GHz. Data: 8.253 GHz; output rate: 2 x 25 Mbit/s
Heard on 2203.8, 2205.938, 2206.53 MHz

CCD at 1728 points provided by Thomson CSF

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