In orbitDebris

HELIOS 2B DEB

NORAD: 40135
COSPAR: 2009-073C

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Spacecraft

Owner: CNES/DGA

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S40135, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2009-12-18
Rocket: Ariane 5GS
Flight: Helios IIB
Mission name: Helios 2B
Launch site: Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA3
Launched by: Arianespace
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2009-073

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2009-073, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: FR
Launch date: 2009-12-18
Period: 98.4 min
Inclination: 98.20°
Apogee: 681 km
Perigee: 678 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0086 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: HELIOS 2B (NORAD 36124)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit