SEOSat-Ingenio

SEOSat-Ingenio
Mission typeEarth observation
Optical imaging
Disaster monitoring
OperatorhisdeSAT
Mission duration7 years (planned)
Spacecraft properties
BusAstroBus-L
ManufacturerAirbus Defence and Space
Thales Alenia Space
Launch mass830 kg
Dry mass750 kg
Power580 watts
Start of mission
Launch date17 November 2020,
01:52:20 UTC
RocketVega VV17
Launch siteCentre Spatial Guyanais, ELV
ContractorArianespace
End of mission
Last contactNovember 17, 2020 UTC
Decay dateLaunch failure, did not achieve orbit
Cause: Human Error
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeSun-synchronous orbit
Altitude670 km
Inclination98.09°

SEOSat-Ingenio (short for Spanish Earth Observation Satellite-Ingenio), was a Spanish project to produce a satellite capable of providing wide-field imagery (230 frames a day, 60 km × 60 km) ensuring a repeat cycle of 38 days at 2.5 metre panchromatic resolution and 10 metre colour resolution, from a Sun-synchronous polar orbit; it was Spain's first optical imaging satellite. The satellite was part of the Spanish Earth Observation Satellite program. The mission was funded by Spain's Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI). SEOSat-Ingenio information was to be used by various Spanish civil, institutional or government users. However, under the Copernicus Programme of the European Union, it was also accessible to other European users, as well as to the Group on Earth observation of the Global Observing System of Earth.