On 24 July 1996 it was hit by space debris from the Ariane rocket that had launched the SPOT 1 satellite. The debris was in a very similar orbit (orbital inclination 98.14°) but oriented in such a way that it was going north where Cerise was going south and vice versa. This created a situation of multiple close passes before the actual collision. The objects collided with a relative velocity of 14.8 km/s, about twice the orbital speed of each, over the Indian Ocean. This was the first verified case of an accidental collision between two artificial objects in space, although there had been others "anomalous events" which were probably also collisions.[2][3]
The collision tore off a 2.8-2.9 metre (9.2-9.5 foot) portion of Cerise's gravity-gradient stabilization boom, which left the satellite severely damaged and tumbling with a limited attitude control system. Novel magnetic control algorithms were used to re-stabilise the otherwise undamaged microsatellite to regain almost full operational mission capability.[4][5][6]
The Naval Space Operations Center detected a minor perturbation in the orbit of the debris of the Ariane rocket.[3]
^ abc "SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 501". NASA. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
^"CO2 prolongs life of space junk". BBC News. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 8 March 2006.
^ abVolume 1, Issue 2, Sept 1996. "Orbital Debris Quarterly News" (PDF). NASA, Johnson Space Centre. Retrieved 8 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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^M.N. Sweeting; Y. Hashida; N.P. Bean; M.S. Hodgart; H. Steyn (2004). "CERISE microsatellite recovery from first detected collision in low Earth orbit". Acta Astronautica. 55 (2): 139–147. Bibcode:2004AcAau..55..139S. doi:10.1016/S0094-5765(03)00062-6. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^Mark Ward (24 August 1996). "Satellite injured in space wreck". New Scientist.
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cerise, satellite, cerise, french, cherry, french, military, reconnaissance, satellite, main, purpose, intercept, radio, signals, french, intelligence, services, with, mass, launched, ariane, rocket, from, kourou, french, guiana, july, 1995, cerise, initial, o. Cerise French for cherry was a French military reconnaissance satellite Its main purpose was to intercept HF radio signals for French intelligence services 1 With a mass of 50 kg it was launched by an Ariane rocket from Kourou in French Guiana at 17 23 UT 7 July 1995 1 Cerise s initial orbital parameters were period 98 1 min apogee 675 km perigee 666 km and inclination 98 0 deg 1 CERISEIllustration of debris colliding with CeriseMission typeMilitary reconnaissanceCOSPAR ID1995 033BSATCAT no 23606Spacecraft propertiesBusSSTL 70ManufacturerAlcatel Space Surrey Satellite TechnologyLaunch mass50 kg 110 lb Dry mass50kgDimensions0 6 0 3 0 3 m 1 97 0 98 0 98 ft Start of missionLaunch date7 July 1995 16 23 34 1995 07 07UTC16 23 34 UTCRocketAriane 4 V 75Launch siteGuiana Space Centre ELA 2ContractorArianespaceOrbital parametersReference systemGeocentricRegimeSun synchronousEccentricity0 0005756Perigee altitude581 km 361 mi Apogee altitude589 km 366 mi Inclination98 2413 Mean motion14 94 rev dayEpoch27 December 2016 12 15 03 UTC On 24 July 1996 it was hit by space debris from the Ariane rocket that had launched the SPOT 1 satellite The debris was in a very similar orbit orbital inclination 98 14 but oriented in such a way that it was going north where Cerise was going south and vice versa This created a situation of multiple close passes before the actual collision The objects collided with a relative velocity of 14 8 km s about twice the orbital speed of each over the Indian Ocean This was the first verified case of an accidental collision between two artificial objects in space although there had been others anomalous events which were probably also collisions 2 3 The collision tore off a 2 8 2 9 metre 9 2 9 5 foot portion of Cerise s gravity gradient stabilization boom which left the satellite severely damaged and tumbling with a limited attitude control system Novel magnetic control algorithms were used to re stabilise the otherwise undamaged microsatellite to regain almost full operational mission capability 4 5 6 The Naval Space Operations Center detected a minor perturbation in the orbit of the debris of the Ariane rocket 3 See also edit nbsp Spaceflight portal1995 in spaceflightReferences edit a b c SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 501 NASA Retrieved 26 August 2009 CO2 prolongs life of space junk BBC News 5 May 2005 Retrieved 8 March 2006 a b Volume 1 Issue 2 Sept 1996 Orbital Debris Quarterly News PDF NASA Johnson Space Centre Retrieved 8 August 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link History of On Orbit Satellite Fragmentations PDF NASA Orbital Debris Program Office June 2008 pp 368 369 Archived from the original on 30 July 2009 Retrieved 7 December 2013 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link M N Sweeting Y Hashida N P Bean M S Hodgart H Steyn 2004 CERISE microsatellite recovery from first detected collision in low Earth orbit Acta Astronautica 55 2 139 147 Bibcode 2004AcAau 55 139S doi 10 1016 S0094 5765 03 00062 6 Retrieved 8 August 2021 Mark Ward 24 August 1996 Satellite injured in space wreck New Scientist External links editNSSDC Master Catalog Cerise National geographic image of the collision nbsp This article about one or more spacecraft of France is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This French military article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cerise satellite amp oldid 1186566736, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
