Satellite, method and a fleet of satellites for observing a celestial body

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APP PUB NO 20090152402A1
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11587007

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The invention concerns an observation satellite (1) which is intended to be placed in orbit around a celestial body (2), and which comprises a reflecting device (5), a receiving device (6), a linking mechanical system (19), the whole forming a capture system (3) which is suitable to be able to orient the capture system (3) by gravity gradient in an aiming position in which the electromagnetic radiation corresponding to the information to be captured is received. The invention extends to an observation method and a fleet of such satellites (1).

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CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES (C N E S )2 PLACE MAURICE QUENTIN PARIS CEDEX 01 75039

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Massonnet, Didier Saint-orens , FR 4 31

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