Red : Active sensor / Blue : Passive sensor

Developer	European Space Agency (ESA) National Institute of Information and Comminucations Technology (NICT) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Launcher	TBD (by ESA)
Nominal mission duration	3 years
Dry launch mass	1960 kg (excl. prorellant about 310 kg)
Average power consumption	about 1645 W
Generated data rate average	< 2.5 Mbps
Attitude control	3-axis stabilised, yaw-steering control
Mission orbit	Orbit type	LEO - Frozen Orbit - SSO
	MLST	DSN 14:00
	Mean spherical altitude	about 393 km (Routine) above eq.
	Orbit inclination	97.05 deg.
	Period	about 92.5 min.
	Repeat cycle	25 days

(parameters are as of the development phase, might to be changed)

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