In orbitRocket body

FREGAT R/B

NORAD: 39480
COSPAR: 2013-074B

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Spacecraft

Built by: NPO Lavochkin
Owner: NPO Lavochkin
Platform (bus): Fregat
Mass at launch: 6,550 kg
Dry mass: 1,050 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 1,050 kg
Length: 1.7 m
Diameter: 3.3 m
Span with arrays and booms: 3.3 m
Shape: Irr

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S39480, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2013-12-19
Rocket: Soyuz-ST-B Fregat
Flight: Gaia
Mission name: Gaia
Launch site: Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELS
Launched by: Arianespace
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2013-074

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2013-074, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 2013-12-19
Orbits: the Sun

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

Everything from this launch

Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit