CHAMP - .
Mass: 522 kg (1,150 lb). Nation: Germany.
Agency: DLR.
Manufacturer: Jena.
Class: Earth.
Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: CHAMP.
Decay Date: 2010-09-19 . USAF Sat Cat: 26405 . COSPAR: 2000-039B. Apogee: 464 km (288 mi). Perigee: 409 km (254 mi). Inclination: 87.26 deg. Period: 93.22 min. CHAMP was a geophysics research satellite operated by GFZ, Potsdam, to study the earth's magnetic and gravitational field..