Gaia
COSPAR 2013-074A · NORAD 39479
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Mission
- Launch date
- 2013-12-19
- Status (SATCAT)
- nonoperational
- Launch site code
- FRGUI
- Owner code
- ESA
- COSPAR ID
- 2013-074A
- NORAD ID
- 39,479
Source:CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Orbit
- Orbit center code
- EL2
Source:CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
In everyday life
- It circles the Sun–Earth L2 point about 1.5 million km from Earth — roughly four times the distance to the Moon.
- Someone born in its launch year (2013) turns 13 this year.