POLAR

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POLAR is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 23802

Int'l Code: 1996-013A

Perigee: 8,314.0 km

Apogee: 49,925.2 km

Inclination: 79.1 °

Period: 1,109.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 35490 km

RCS: 7.451 m² (large)

Launch date: February 24, 1996
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

Operates with "Wind"; responsibility for multi-wavelength imaging of aurora, measuring entry of plasma into polar magentosphere and geomagnetic tail, flow of plasma to and from ionosphere, and deposition of particle energy in ionosphere and upper atmosphere.

1 23802U 96013A   24139.63149127  .00000166  00000-0  00000-0 0  9999
2 23802  79.1046 234.9343 5862283 234.7716  55.6352  1.29847119134990

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC