ROCSAT 2

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ROCSAT 2 is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 28254

Int'l Code: 2004-018A

Perigee: 896.6 km

Apogee: 897.9 km

Inclination: 98.7 °

Period: 102.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7268 km

RCS: 3.1092 m² (large)

Launch date: May 20, 2004
Source: Taiwan (Republic of China) (ROC)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

Rocsat 2 is a Taiwanese (ROC) remote sensing satellite that was launched from Vandenberg AFB by a Taurus XL rocket at 17:47 UT on 19 May 2004. The 750 kg satellite carries imaging instruments to take pictures of crop yields in Taiwan, natural disasters, and oil spills on land and ocean, and to image high altitude red lightning strokes called sprites.

1 28254U 04018A   24170.54398059  .00000410  00000-0  30153-3 0  9991
2 28254  98.7484 153.6004 0000883 156.0086 312.7926 14.01076149 26750

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC