AGILE (satellite)
AGILE (Astro‐Rivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero) was an X-ray and gamma ray astronomical satellite of the Italian Space Agency (ASI). Launched in 2007, it de-orbited in February 2024.
A model of the satellite | |
| Mission type | Gamma-ray astronomy |
|---|---|
| Operator | ASI |
| COSPAR ID | 2007-013A |
| SATCAT no. | 31135 |
| Website | agile |
| Mission duration | 3 years (planned) 16 years, 11 months and 19 days (elapsed) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Manufacturer | OHB (in the Milano site), ex Compagnia Generale per lo Spazio |
| Launch mass | 352 kilograms (776 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 23 April 2007, 10:00:00 UTC |
| Rocket | PSLV C8 |
| Launch site | Satish Dhawan SLP |
| Contractor | ISRO |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Semi-major axis | 6,892.13 kilometres (4,282.57 mi) |
| Eccentricity | 0.0017574 |
| Perigee altitude | 509 kilometres (316 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 533 kilometres (331 mi) |
| Inclination | 2.47 degrees |
| Period | 94.90 minutes |
| Epoch | 4 December 2013, 04:13:37 UTC |
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